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The Sept. 8, 1943 WWII Italian Armistice and the complex, confusing battlefield: pt. 2
``The further backward you can look, the further forward you can see,'' former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill on the importance of understanding history.
By Joe Kirwin
When Italy pulled out of its alliance with Germany on Sept.8, 1943, Hitler's generals gave more than two million Italian military personnel an ultimatum: fight with the Nazis or go to prison. Some actually chose another option: they escaped and joined r the Allied Forces as part of what is known as the Italian Co-Belligerent Army. Others joined the Italian Partisans fighting a guerrilla warfare campaign against the…
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