**Brazilians in comments:** Hey, my grandpa was there

I didnt know that was an civil war. I though that was Ally invasion.

Italian Civil War in ww2: **Happens** The Meme Historians: "Unfortunately for you, the History wouldn't see you anyway"

Historians: That was a civil war and a Allied Inavsion at the same time. Memes: *TeAm SwİtCh MeNu, ReVeRsE cArD, bEtrAyİnG aNd StUfF*

It looks like people can't understand that the Italian Civil War happened during the Ally invasion of Italy: -Thousands of Italians (500000) joined the Army of the Italian Social Republic and continued fighting alongside with the Germans (for example, in 1944, 9000 Italians, at the command of general Mario Carloni, managed to defeat 18000 American soldiers in the Battle of Garfagnana); -hundreds of Italians joined the Italian SS and killed a lot of other Italians in reprisals; - the partisan war against Fascist Italians and Germans began in 1943 (Mussolini was captured and killed by partisans) - The Royal Army in Southern Italy helped the Allies conquer Northern Italy. - at the end of 1945, the Kingdom was in chaos: episodes of violence and murders occurred everywhere. Wouldn't you define this a "Civil War"?

This has been a very cruel war, thousands of Italians died fighting each other. I'm from Salò, the ex-capital city of the R.S.I. (Italian social Republic) and I listen my grandparents almost every time I see them, talking about what happened here. I'm so pround of them, even if they were just children at that time ❤️

Someone can interpretate this video so bad if they don't know WWII history..

Pizza vs pasta

Wait I don't remember this in hoi4

The way those cities in the north rebelled look awesome, well done!

Civil wars inside of bigger wars are fairly common. The civil war in Yugoslavia at the same time was quite savage. There was also a civil war in Missouri During the American Civil War, and a three-way civil war in Georgia during the American revolution. Just thought someone might like to know.

iTaLy SwItCh SiDeS

italian social republic vs kindom of italy,england,france and usa

Someone still say Italy switch side

Please all of you study history! In 1943 Mussolini was imprisoned by the King and Italy started to speak of peace with UK. Few months later Mussolini was liberated by a german task force and brought in Nothern Italy. There, in the area not yet under the Allieas control, he formed a second italian goverment, the Italian Social Republic. The King and the Marshall Badoglio escaped from Rome to Brindisi and formed a free government under the controll of the Allies. After the Armistice of Cassibile, 8th september 1943, signed by the King, the italian armed forces had no orders about what to do with germans soldiers: some of italians soldiers surrendered and then joined Mussolini in the North , others fighted the germans, joned the King in south and the Allies. This is what i think is considered a Civil War. Italians vs Italians. The Allies, landend in Sicily and then in the italian peninsula, fighetd only italian forces in the beginnign of the the invasion. There was only 5 german divisions in Sicily, that Mussolini ask for a better defense. After the Armistice, the Germans forces invaded Italy for prevent a easy victory of Allies: with the Armistice italian forces was with no orders and did not who fight against.

1:37 Kingdom of Italy: *I'm speed*

september 8th 1943 ITALY: You know what? F*** this war, I'm out. GERMANY: lol you don't. *place puppet-government in Salò* ITALY: godd****it GERMANY! 70 years later: USA: *insert Italy changing side joke* ITALY: *insert random italian blasphemy*

It's bugged the shit out of me how most English-language histories just stop mentioning Italy after the Armistice - and if they do mention it, it's just as a battleground for instances like Anzio and Monte Cassino - all those Italian troops didn't just fucking disappear over night. Those that turned themselves in to the allies were either demobilized, used in manual labor outfits, or reconstituted into the Co-B Army - which starting at the Battle of San Pietro Infine fought with the allies throughout the rest of the war. Those that were interned by the Germans either joined the Salo puppet regime (which did field a decent-sized military force and fought side-by-side with German troops for the rest of the war), or refused to fight for the Germans and weren't even treated like POWs - most of the Italian internees refused to fight for the Germans and as a result they received the "Soviet prisoner" treatment as opposed to British and American POWS, which were actually treated like human beings. Those Italian soldiers stationed in the Balkans were even more in a chaotic situation - you have instances like where the Acqui Division held their ground against German assault on Cephalonia and you have instances of Italian soldiers fighting alongside the Yugoslav partisans - who they'd previously been waging war against. THIS IS INTERESTING SHIT. Not to mention the partigiani, which is its whole topic unto itself - not to mention the oft-overlooked reality of fighting in Italy, it was the worst of both the Pacific and Western European theaters because you had a much more technologically sound enemy in the Germans and Italian Fascists - AND the difficulties of dealing with civilians - WHILE ALSO having to deal with issues like malaria and dysentery. Worst of both worlds. This is extremely interesting history, Italy was socially wounded following its civil war and resultant political strife, it needed time to recover - it's partly why you have Italian filmmakers coming to empathize or at least identify with the Western genre, which is ALSO set in the aftermath of a damaging civil conflict. It's such interesting stuff but most will never even know it happened in the English world.

Allies: Invades Italy Mussolini: You are trying to do this, but can't attack the southern Italy beacouse there are a lot of defences! Pietro Badoglio: Hey

Only recently discovered your channel. You make some great videos, and he music is always really epic.

I love Greece and Italy so much that most of my searches on the internet go back to these two countries I am from Iran and I know that Iran is very close to Greece and Italy in terms of culture and civilization (despite the great difference in appearance), they remained close to each other in terms of culture and society, and this is a great pleasure for me, who loves Italy and Greece. It was the department I hope that another war will never spread to Greece and Italy and that people in these countries will live in perfect health

Such a great work!

You're one of the best mappers 👏👏

1:42 Nazi Germany left the chat

Love the music choice. I grew up playing Command & Conquer! Loved those games as a kid. My favorite was Generals.

Not really a Civil War, as most of the troops labelled the 'Kingdom of Italy' were allied troops, while a large proportion of Mussolini's troops were German.

You're only getting better :D

Amazing video!

Brazil 🇧🇷 has participated as FEB or the Smoking Snakes.

Fun fact: Brazil helped italy in the civil war, sending about to 25,000 soldiers, food and ammunition The italians even have a special day dedicated to them Any italian, correct me if im wrong

Good job dude!

Congratulations, almost 1M views

Kesselring did an amazing job to defend with limited resources. Considering how the war was going elsewhere, it’s surprising how well they were able to defend. It’s the one theatre where the Germans showed their true power of defence.

thanks the nine divines someone made a video about this topic. Italy has NEVER betrayed someone/switched sides once.

This is EPİC my friend

The music is beating like hell. it is just so good.

omg generals soundtrack,That restored my childhood man thanks :)

Imagine if there would've been an armistice making South Italy and North Italy I bet you it would just be like North and South Korea but just worse!!! Here's the date so you know what land both own *_19.06.1944_* 1:03 and pause it

nice video

bel video bravooo

It's pretty impressive how the RSI at the North of Italy survived basically 'til the end (no changes since October '44) while all other Axis fronts where collapsing.

🇮🇹Yes there were two wars .. the first with the Italian social republic and Germany against allies ( with the cobelligerent army also known as kingdom of italy ) and the second war .. The CIVIL WAR with the republic against partisans and CLN ( national liberation commitee ) partisans were antifascist but from differents political ideas.. Red ribbon ( most of these socialist and communist) Blue ribbon were soldiers that after the armistice became partisans ( Badoglio’s soldiers ) Green ribbon (catholic brigades) White ribbon others..there were some episodes where partisans fought each others for their political ideas (example Osoppo brigade partisans were massacred by communist partisans) and also partisans with fascist troops together in the last days of war to defend west borders against french invasion (Aosta Valley 1945) . the war and the civil war officially finished the first week of may but in some places in the northen italy the civil war finished unofficially after a lot of “revenges” by people to other people in the 1948-1949... ( for example the red death triangle in Emilia or the east italian ethnic genocide perpetraded by jugoslavian people)..

I noticed that there were a few blue spots that showed up in the red area, then disappeared. Were those crushed uprisings?

If you didn’t know this period was in World War Two. The allies managed to capture Sicily after defeating Axis forces in North Africa due to the so called Operation Mincemeat. After capturing Sicily, the Civil War began as Italy began being torn apart by a Fascist Italy and an Allied Italy. In the end, Fascist Italy surrendered and let go of Italy. This was the beginning of the downfall of the Axis, and also only precipitated by the German collapse in April 1945, and the end of Japanese Empire in September 1945

The meme "Italy switched side" it's pretty inaccurate, eventhough I get its goal is to crack a joke I feel like many non-Europeans end up having a distorted version of what really happened. Before WWI Italy had a DEFENCIVE pact with Prussia and Austria (basically the paper stated "if one of us is attacked the others must join in defence"). What happened is that Austria and Germany attacked first and Italy was therefore not obbliged to act in defence of its allies (who btw by attacking first without informing Italy infringed many articles of the before mentioned defensive pact). After a year Italy, now having no more obbligation towards Prussia and Germany, decided to join France and England. Before WWII on the other hand the Fascists led by Mussolini did a coup and basically installed an illegitimate government, it was this government that later joined the Nazis during WWII. After the allies had liberated the south of the peninsula Mussolini was arrested and Pietro Badoglio signed the armistice, the Nazis decided then to invade a now neutral Italy and also free Mussolini and having him institute a puppet state called Social Republic of Salò. After these events the Italian civil war started. Jokes are funny but please guys learn some history.

The biggest war ever happened is in progress: Meanwhile in San Marino: The scene is well-played

you're the best mapper

I love the command and conquer generals usa theme in the background

As a Greek I may concede, WWII was a disaster for Italians from the beginning to the bitter end.

I'm glad people are finally calling it a civil war, as this is far more accurate.

Very well made especially with the cities rebelling and even better touch on Croatia annexing that one strip of land I forgot the name of

Command and Conquer: Generals music in the background? I like this video already. Do I like how it calls this a civil war? Not so much, but other then that, another good video.

Love that command and conquer generals song!

I am italiain, nice video!

This video is so satisfying to watch it’s the historical equivalent to washing a dirty window and being able to see clearly finally

Love the music you chose. Are you a Command & Conquer Generals fan too?

Well done, a little tip. In september 1943, Matera, in the South of Italy, was the first city against the nazis. There were a lot of rebels. Then, allies arrived and "supported" them

the fighting between 0:35 and 0:45 was insane!!!

The song used is "Makin' a Sweep" by Frank Klepacki, for Command & Conquer - Generals

Hey nice Command and Conquer music

1:02 the north will remember

Loving C&C Generals Music XD

This is in my playlist

Dat command and conquer sound track fire

It is truly sad that I didn't know about this war :*(

Naples rebelled itself without the allies' help

That Command & Conquer Generals music is excellent

What do you use to create these types of videos?

Viva l'Italia 🇮🇹🇮🇹😍🇮🇹🇮🇹

Wow, so in 1945-05-01 the Italian Social Republic was still existing :D The more you learn every day :)

Gotta love the soundtrack of the civil war

Gotta love that old Command and Conquer music.

Summer: gose fast Winter: stuck

Soundtrack from Command and Conquer Generals :-D How many do remember it?

I do not understand ... do you need to change every frame day after day?

People often talk about the Spanish civil war but often forget about the Italian civil war which was just as brutal.

My great grandpa died in that war 😞

the ost is from C&C generals?

Watching video: 2 minutes Having a sudden itch to play a bit of C&C Generals: 1 hour

LOVE THE CNC GENERALS MUSIC!

What's the title of the music?

People don’t seem to understand that a civil war can still be called that if there is outside support. Not sure why so many are butthurt over the title, it’s literally recorded as a civil war in almost every historical source

very good

The music on video it exactly nostalgic critic music because it from command and conquer zero Hour

Can you do then entire history of Norway? from it's formation in 872 it's Empire in the Middle ages it's unions with denmark then sweden then denmark again, then sweden and denmark and then denmark again and finally with sweden and then finally indepencence in 1905 & throughout the 20th century.

My Great Granduncle, Cecil Curtis, fought in the 6th Royal Tank Regiment, he died fighting to liberate Italy on 12th September 1944, rest in peace, to him and all the fallen.. 🙏

Can I make video based on your sources?

What map youre using?

You should make it upside down so mussiloni could read it

0:20 Naples 0:54 Rome 1:36 North East, Genoa, Venice, North-Center, North West.

Italy: see? We didnt switch sides Southern italy: Hey!

What was used to make this?

TO ARMS! UNDER ONE BANNER! As a unit we stand! And united we fall! AS ONE! FIGHTING TOGETHER! Bringing an end to the slaughter! Winds are changing! HEAD! ON! NORTH!

Allis ok but there is a mistake: Briga and Tenda were italian in 1943-1945

Molto bella!

Hiw long were the frames on this video?

My city, Genova, was liberated by the partisans before the arrival of the Allies (April 23rd, 1945)

When you realize france, spain and italy all had civil wars in less then a decade

Does someone know the name of the music? Thanks by an italian

"I can build anywhere- Can't build there sir." " Made in the US of A."