Questo libro prende in esame la relazione tra le attivita partigiane ed i massacri nazi-fascisti nella Provincia di Arezzo. Vengono descritti i clamorosi massacri di Vallucciole, Partina, Civitella in Valdichiana, San Pancrazio, Castelnuovo dei Sabbioni, Meleto, San Giustino, San Polo e Falzano, insieme a tanti altri episodi in cui gruppi piu piccoli di civili furono uccisi per rappresaglia. Si ricordano anche quegli episodi in cui i partigiani persero la vita per le mani del loro propri oppositori.Le fonti includono testimonianze individuali di partigiani e sopravvissuti, resoconti scritti...

During her distinguished career, submarine HMS Saracen was responsible for sinking thousands of tons of Axis shipping. But in August 1943 her luck ran out when she was mortally wounded by depth charges from two Italian corvettes, the last Allied submarine to be sunk by the Italians. Forced to surface, she was scuttled by her crew who were taken prisoner. But HMS Saracen's story is more than the story of a submarine. It is the story of her crew and their experiences both before and after her loss. From the cat and mouse games of war at sea to their harrowing escape from their stricken ship,...

During the Second World War the small landlocked Italian region of Umbria was crossed by thousands of Allied servicemen. There were those entrained for camps in Northern Italy, in Germany or in German-controlled territories. There were those belonging to