Unity and Divergences in the Italian Resistance
Journal title VENTUNESIMO SECOLO
Author/s Tommaso Piffer
Publishing Year 2026 Issue 2026/58
Language Italian Pages 17 P. 167-183 File size 93 KB
DOI 10.3280/XXI2026-058009
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Unlike the resistance movements in Yugoslavia, Greece, or Poland, which degenerated into brutal civil wars, the Italian Resistance achieved a functional, unifi ed front through the Comitato di Liberazione Nazionale (CLN). This paper argues that such unity was a pragmatic necessity forced upon all political actors for survival. The moderate factions (Liberals and Christian Democrats) joined to maintain political and military relevance, while the Italian Communist Party (PCI) followed Stalin’s directives to escape isolation and avoid a premature, repressed insurrection. The paper calls for a pluralistic narrative which emancipates historical research from outdated political categories, noting that Italy’s democratic system matured not during the war, but in the subsequent post-war decades.
Keywords: Second World War; Italian Resistance; Italian Communist Party; Autonomous Resistance; Porzus massacre.
Tommaso Piffer, Unità e divergenze nella Resistenza italiana in "VENTUNESIMO SECOLO" 58/2026, pp 167-183, DOI: 10.3280/XXI2026-058009