ITALIAN SOLDIERS IN THE BALKANS. THE EXPERIENCE OF THE OCCUPATION (1941 - 1943)
ITALIAN SOLDIERS IN THE BALKANS. THE EXPERIENCE OF THE OCCUPATION (1941 - 1943)
Author(s): Davide RodognoSubject(s): Geography, Regional studies, Military history, Social history, Recent History (1900 till today), WW II and following years (1940 - 1949)
Published by: Institut za savremenu istoriju, Beograd
Keywords: Balkans; WWII; Italian soldiers; occupation; experience;
Summary/Abstract: More than 500,000 Italian soldiers stayed in the Balkans from April 1941 to September 1943. What was peculiarly Fascist about their experience? How did they perceive occupied populations? What was the role of Fascist ideology and racism? What about the soldiers ’ everyday life in the annexed and occupied territories?
Journal: Istorija 20. veka
- Issue Year: 2003
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 115-130
- Page Count: 16
- Language: English