Italian resistance movement

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the operational dates?September 8, 1943 – April 25, 1945
2. What is the key coordinating body?The National Liberation Committee (Comitato di Liberazione Nazionale)
3. When did the Italian Resistance fight?They fought from September 8, 1943, until April 25, 1945, during the last years of World II.
4. How did the partisans help the Allies and protect people?They sabotaged trains and roads, gathered secret information, and hid or rescued Allied airmen and Jews from danger.

Italian Social Republic: A Fascist puppet state established by Nazi Germany in northern Italy from 1943 to 1945.
Partigiani: Italian partisans, members of the diverse anti-fascist and anti-Nazi resistance groups.
Guerra di Liberazione Nazionale: Italian for 'national liberation war,' referring to the fight against foreign occupation.
Comitato di Liberazione Nazionale (CLN): The National Liberation Committee, a political umbrella organization of the Italian Resistance.