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What Price Badoglio and the King?

Authors :
Salvemini, Gaetano
Source :
New Republic; 11/8/43, Vol. 109 Issue 19, p641-645, 5p
Publication Year :
1943

Abstract

Presents information on decline of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini, his successor Pietro Badoglio and the King of Italy. Information on industrial strikes in Italy; Conquest of Tunisia by Allied Forces; Refusal of German dictator Adolph Hitler to provide aid to Mussolini; Discarding of Mussolini by King of Italy; Announcement by, Badoglio, about the treaty of alliance with Germany; Proclamation of Martial Law by Badoglio; Refusal by the Italian army to fire on common people; information on arrest of Mussolini by the king and Badoglio; Decision of surrendering to the U.S. and Great Britain; Assumption of them becoming prisoners of war; Information on Benedetto Croce, a philosopher, turning against his king; Information on continuation of war after surrender by the king and Badoglio; Report on peace in the occupied areas by the U.S. and Britain; Information on election of government in Italy; Declaration of the treaty to be null that was imposed by Mussolini and his people on Italians; Information on election of a National Constituent Assembly at the end of the war; Focus on break-down of fascists; Comparison of the King of Italy to several kings; Information on Nazi control in the northern section of Italy; Report on some of the Italian officials surrendering to Germany; Efforts of Italian liberals to work for moral and political education of war prisoners; Criticism of the King of Italy; Report on speech by British Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill to Italians to surrender; Information on King and Badoglio equipped with American and British army at the end of the war.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00286583
Volume :
109
Issue :
19
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
New Republic
Publication Type :
Periodical
Accession number :
14685773