Voci di libertà. I combattenti alleati di origine italiana nella Seconda guerra mondiale Catalogo della mostra storico-documentaria Capaccio-Paestum (Salerno), NEXT Nuova Esposizione Ex Tabacchificio di Cafasso 3 settembre /30 ottobre 2023
Voices of Liberty. Allied Servicemembers of Italian Descent in WWII Catalogue of the Historical Exhibition Capaccio-Paestum (Salerno), NEXT Nuova Esposizione Ex Tabacchificio di Cafasso September 3rd /October 30th 2023
2023
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ISBN
978-88-5511-435-6
e-ISBN
978-88-5511-436-3
Editor(s)
Pretelli, Matteo
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Fusi, Francesco
Abstract
Combatants of Italian descent were present in the various Allied armies that took part in World War II against the Axis Powers. They were mostly sons of emigrants who had left Italy between the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Hundreds of thousands were Italian Americans serving in the U.S. military, but British Italians, Italian Canadians, Italian Australians, and Italian Brazilians also contributed to the war efforts of their countries. Being present in all theaters of the war, they also fought in Italy, a country many knew only through stories from their parents. The exhibition reconstructs this fascinating and lesser known story by recounting the affairs of these men who contributed to the Allied victory.