The movie “L’Uomo Che Verrà” tells a story of the Italian resistance, one worth hearing since its contribution to the overthrow of the Nazis in Italy is sometimes overlooked or underestimated.
In the Italian campaign, Italian partisans kept as many as seven German divisions out of the line. They also obtained the surrender of two full German divisions, which led directly to the collapse of the German forces in and around Genoa, Turin, and Milan.
The cost to Italy for its resistance was great; almost 45,000 Partisans died and over 21,000 were wounded. 15,000 Italian citizens were killed in retaliation of Partisan actions and 40,000 Italian soldiers died in concentration camps.
Retaliation against civilians by German and Italian Fascist soldiers were common, but among the most famous were the Adreatine massacre (335 killed in caves outside Rome in retaliation for a bombing by Partisans), the Sant’Anna di Stazzema massacre ( Spike Lee’s movie “Miracle of St. Anna” tells this story – 560 civilians killed including almost every child in the town), and the Marzabotto massacre told about in “L’Uomo Che Verrà” – when at least 770 civilians were killed.
In 1945 Italian partisans killed Mussolini and shortly after the Italian campaign was over.
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