Name: Italy's Outstanding Courage: The Story of a Secret Civilian Army in World war two (en Inglés)
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Author: Comm Brian Gordon Lett Q.C.
ISBN: 9781987612271

portada Italy's Outstanding Courage: The Story of a Secret Civilian Army in World war two (en Inglés)

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Libro Físico

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Autor

Comm Brian Gordon Lett Q.C.

Año

2018

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

410

Encuadernación

Tapa Blanda

ISBN13

9781987612271

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Categorías

Italia
Historia de europa

Italy's Outstanding Courage: The Story of a Secret Civilian Army in World war two (en Inglés)

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This book tells the story of the heroism of the many thousands of Italians in World War Two who helped Allied escaped prisoners of war and evaders, on the run in German and Fascist occupied Italy. More than four hundred Italians were listed to receive awards from the British for their courage - variously described by senior Allied officers as outstanding, magnificent, superb and indomitable courage. The author tells the story of this courage, and includes details of all those who won medals. These varied from the George Medal to the King's Medal which had been specially created for acts of heroism by foreigners. However, eventually, at the end of 1947/early 1948, a government decision was taken that no medals should be awarded by the British to Italian nationals, and none of these courageous Italians received the medals that they had won. The author examines the reasons why that decision was taken. In most cases, the medal winners and their families did not even know that their courage had been recognised. This is a hitherto untold story of the secret civilian army who help Allied escapers. After the war, it was proved to the satisfaction of the Allies that a minimum of 62,000 Italian families helped to save the lives of escapers. Hundreds of Italians were executed by the Germans and Fascists because of the help that they had given. Many more were tortured, and condemned to German concentration camps such as Mauthausen.