#Resistance — Italian freedom fighter Raffaele Montanari died in a Fascist gaol #Otd 80 years ago in Bologna.
He joined the partisans after Italy's 1943 armistice with the Allies & fought with the 36th #GaribaldiBrigade until his capture.
He died of a heart attack, aged 47.
#14gennaio #Resistenza

#Resistance — Soviet partisan Aleksandr Nokorcemnj was killed in combat with the Nazis #Otd 80 years ago in Italy.
A former Red Army pilot, he joined the 77th #GaribaldiBrigade & took part in numerous armed actions before his death in the battle of Gonzaga, Dec. 20th 1944.
#20dicembre #Resistenza

#Resistance — Italian freedom fighter Cesare Piva was killed in combat with the Nazis #Otd in 1943 in Gotovuša (Montenegro.)
After the 1943 Armistice, this Captain quit the army & led the 3rd #GaribaldiBrigade in the fight beside #Tito's Yugoslav partisans.
#5dicembre #BellaCiao #WW2 #Resistenza

#Resistance — Italian freedom fighter Armando Montanari was killed in combat with the Nazi-Fascists #Otd 80 years ago near Ravenna.
A partisan of the 28th #GaribaldiBrigade "GAP" (urban warfare unit), he was killed the day following the liberation of the city.
#5dicembre #BellaCiao #WW2 #Resistenza

#Resistance — French freedom fighter Raymond Marcel Jabin was killed in combat with the Nazi-Fascists #Otd 81 years ago near Bergamo, Italy.
The Gueret-born former POW died with 2 fellow #partisans from the 86th #GaribaldiBrigade in Cantiglio, Valle Taleggio.
#4dicembre #BellaCiao #WW2 #Resistenza

#FascistCrimes. 24-year-old nurse Laura Guazzaloca was murdered by the Fascists #Otd 80 years ago, near Modena.
A caregiver serving with the 36th #GaribaldiBrigade, she was rounded up with a group of patients.
All of them were shot without trial by Hitler's Italian goons.
#23novembre #BellaCiao #WW2

#Resistance — Italian freedom fighter Ruggero Turrini died in combat against the Nazis #Otd 80 years ago near Bologna.
A factory worker & partisan with the 63rd #GaribaldiBrigade "Bolero", he was killed with 9 comrades in the gunfight.
He was 18.
#22novembre #LestWeForget #BellaCiao #WW2 #Resistenza

#Resistance — Italian freedom fighter Amos Facchini took his own life #OnThisDay 80 years ago to avoid capture and torture by the Nazi-Fascists.
A factory worker & partisan of the 7th #GaribaldiBrigade "GAP" (urban warfare unit), Amos was 16 when he committed suicide.
#15novembre #BellaCiao #ww2

#FascistCrimes — Italian freedom fighter Giuseppe Serazzi was murdered by the Fascists #Otd 80 years ago near Novara.
A #partisan of the 81st #GaribaldiBrigade "Volante Loss", he was captured, tortured & shot when it became clear to his captors he wouldn't speak.
He was 21.
#14novembre #Resistenza

#Resistance — Italian freedom fighter Rodolfo Mori died of his injuries #OnThisDay 80 years ago after the battle of Porta Lame with the Nazi-Fascists in Bologna.
A student & partisan of the 7th #GaribaldiBrigade "GAP" (urban warfare unit), he died after a week-long agony.
#14novembre #BellaCiao #ww2

#Resistance — Italian freedom fighter Miro Luperi was killed in action #OTD in 1944.
A Lieutenant in the #GaribaldiBrigade "Ugo Muccini", he gave his life by holding a position to let his partisans retreat during a Nazi counterattack.
He was posthumously awarded the Gold Medal for Military Valour.