The diaries of the cavalry lieutenant Carlo Ricciardi (1916-1966) record personal events and impressions of the Second World War in Italy, Yugoslavia and Russia. They bring clearly to the fore the logistic difficulties encountered at the front, the clashes with the Croatian and German allies and the drama of the Russian defeat at the beginning of 1943. The commentary of the diaries is supplemented by a study on the role of soldiers in the resistance, of which Ricciardi was one of the protagonists in Lombardy. Analysis of a vast documentation, partly original, casts a new light on the resistance organisations in the North, on the close collaboration between partisans, the Finance police and the clandestine information services from the armistice up to the negotiations for the German surrender in Italy.
University of Florence, Italy
Book Title
Vita sotto le armi, vita clandestina
Book Subtitle
Cronaca e silenzio nei diari di un ufficiale (1940-1943)
Authors
Elisabetta Ricciardi
Peer Reviewed
Number of Pages
226
Publication Year
2010
Copyright Information
© 2010 Author(s)
Content License
Metadata License
Publisher Name
Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/978-88-6453-197-7
ISBN Print
978-88-6453-194-6
eISBN (pdf)
978-88-6453-197-7
eISBN (xml)
978-88-5518-901-9
Series Title
Fonti storiche e letterarie – Edizioni cartacee e digitali
Series ISSN
2704-5994
Series E-ISSN
2704-6001