Uncredited Photographer Anti-fascist Partisans Celebrating the Toppling of Fascis
Uncredited Photographer Anti-fascist Partisans Celebrating the Toppling of Fascism in Northern Italy April 25, 1945Today marks the 77th Anniversary of the liberation of Northern Italy from both Nazi occupation and from the rump fascist Italian government. The toppling of fascism in the north was proclaimed by the Comitato di Liberazione Nazionale, CLN - National Liberation Committee, a collection of different parties that had been active in anti-fascist resistance. Liberation Day is also marked as the anniversary of the date the CLN declared the death sentence for all fascist leaders, including Mussolini, who was captured and shot 3 days later. -- source link