Italia Libera (anti-fascist organization)

Not to be confused with L'Italia Libera.
Italia Libera
EstablishedJune 1923 (1923-06)
FounderRandolfo Pacciardi
DissolvedJanuary 1925 (1925-01)
TypeVeterans' organization
PurposeWorld War I veterans' advocacy, opposition to Fascism
Location
  • Rome, Italy
Membership15,000 (1924)
Publication
L'Italia libera
Parent organization
Italian Republican Party (de facto)

Italia Libera was an Italian veterans' organization.

It was established after World War I by members of the Italian Republican Party to organize former servicemen who had been supportive of Italy's participation in the conflict but disapproved of the larger Associazione Nazionale Combattenti (ANC) and its sympathies towards Benito Mussolini's government.

After the assassination of Giacomo Matteotti it was one of the few groups which planned for armed resistance against Fascism, and would be one of the first organizations to be banned under the dictatorship.

Notable members

Bibliography

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