Resistenza was coined because many opposed Nazi-Facism during this final part of WWII.
The toll of Nazi and Fascist violence
The April uprising showed to the world that not all Italians agreed with the Fascist rule. Furthermore, it proved that
Italians were even prepared to fight against Fascist rule at great cost to themselves. Casualties from the uprising amounted
to:
- Approximately 44,700 Italian partisans killed
- Approximately 21,200 Italian partisans wounded or disabled partisans
- Approximately 10,000 Italian civilians killed in retaliations
- Approximately 40,000 former Italian soldiers died in concentration camps
During the war, German and Italian Fascist soldiers committed a number of other war crimes including: A concentration camp is a large detention centre created for political opponents,
aliens, specific ethnic or religious groups, civilians of a critical war-zone, or other groups of people, often during a war.
... In the context of war, a war crime is a punishable offense under International Law,
for violations of the laws of war by any person or persons, military or civilian. ...
- Summary Executions
- Ransacking
- Retaliations against civilians
Most of these were common practices.
Information obtained from http://www.nationmaster.com
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