FROM OCCUPIERS TO ALLIES. TRANSFER OF THE “VENICE” AND “TAURINENSE” DIVISIONS TO THE SIDE OF THE JVuO AND NOVJ AFTER THE CAPITULATION OF ITALY Cover Image

Од окупатора до савезника. Прелазак дивизија „Венеција“ и „Тауриненсе“ на страну ЈВуО и НОВЈ после капитулације Италије
FROM OCCUPIERS TO ALLIES. TRANSFER OF THE “VENICE” AND “TAURINENSE” DIVISIONS TO THE SIDE OF THE JVuO AND NOVJ AFTER THE CAPITULATION OF ITALY

Author(s): Milutin Živković
Subject(s): Military history, WW II and following years (1940 - 1949)
Published by: Institut za noviju istoriju Srbije
Keywords: Italians; “Venice”; “Taurinense”; partisans; Chetniks; Oksilia; Vivalda; Dapčević; Mihailović

Summary/Abstract: The paper discusses the fate of two Italian divisions that decided to join the Yugoslav resistance movements after Italy’s withdrawal from the war. Emphasis was placed on their military capacity, political and ideological challenges of the new alliances, the one with the Chetniks and the one with the Partisans, and general guidelines that will mark the cooperation of former opponents to the end. The article is written on archival material kept in the Archives of the Military Department of the General Staff of the Italian Republic in Rome, Military Archives, Archives of Serbia and Yugoslavia, all in Belgrade, as well as domestic and foreign scholarly literature.

  • Issue Year: 2022
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 101-129
  • Page Count: 29
  • Language: Serbian