ENSURING THE SECURITY OF THE TEMPORARILY OCCUPIED TERRITORIES OF SOVIET UNION BY THE ITALIAN 8TH ARMY

Skotoni D.R.

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The article summarizes the rules of Italian troops in assuring the fascist “New Order” in temporarily occupied territories of Soviet Union. In particular, aiming to provide a general overview, author raises two questions: the degree of involvement of the Italian 8th Army in Axis’ security policies and the competence of the Italians to perform security functions in USSR. The survey methodology is based on cross-control checking of the records labelled in archives of Italy and Russia. Analyzing dozen archival documents concerning the Italian 8th Army, author describes the real role of division “Vicenza” and the implementation of security policies in the areas of deployment, proving that Italian soldiers were active involved in anti-guerrilla operations.

Keywords: Second World War, Eastern front, Italian 8th Army, anti-partisan operations

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Issue: 5, 2016

Series of issue: Issue 5

Rubric: HISTORY OF RUSSIA

Pages: 133 — 138

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