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This week in the War, 2–8 August 1943: Italy at the crossroads

Posted on August 5, 2015 by secondbysecond

This week in the war saw Italy poised on the brink of changing sides. On 6 August 1943, at the request of the Germans, representatives of Germany and Italy met at the Italian-Austrian border. The foreign ministers from both Germany … Continue reading →

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This week in the War, 8–14 March 1943: Italian workers stage a strike at the Fiat factories in Turin

Posted on March 14, 2015 by secondbysecond

This week in the war, 12 March 1943, tens of thousands of workers at the Fiat factories in the Italian industrial city of Turin went on strike. Other Italian workers followed their lead and war production across northern Italy ground … Continue reading →

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