In May 2015, humankind celebrated the anniversary of a glorious event – the victory over fascism. However, this date is also significant for another reason. For 70 years, the people have lived without a major (read: world) war. Local conflicts do, unfortunately, break out here and there, taking lives and bringing social and economic breakdown ...
In 2015, Italy celebrates the 70th anniversary of its liberation from the Nazi occupiers and fascists. In April 1946, at the suggestion of Prime Minister Alcide De Gasperi, Lieutenant General of the Realm Prince Umberto signed a decree declaring April 25 a national holiday – the Liberation Day of Italy. On that particular day in 1945, Sandro Pertini, a guerilla and future President, called on the Milanese to begin a general strike against the occupiers and fascists, who after the fall of the Mussolini...