Radio War Nerd EP131—The Italian Resistance Movement

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Guest: Annabile, Italian war nerd Recorded April 26, 2018 We know all about the French Resistance in WWII, but nothing about the far larger Italian Resistance movement that emerged in 1943, and the various wars that took place inside Italy from 1943-45. Thankfully we have Italian war nerd "Annibale" to walk us through the complex and little-known history of that ugly war. All insurgencies are horrific, as Annibale reminds us over and over . . . At 2:20:30 the War Nerd & Ames discuss current war news. First, the War Nerd talks about the assassination of the number two Houthi leader Saleh al-Samad. The Nerd theorizes he was killed by a drone — confirmed after we recorded this show by subsequent news reports . . . Then Ames discusses the alleged Douma chemical attack, which initially was said to be a sarin nerve gas attack, but lately has been described as a chlorine chemical attack. Ames explains why a chlorine chemical attack would be problematic for the US war party . . . * Map: Italy during resistance 1943-45

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