the Italian Resistance in WWII

Due video dal sito: Behind the Lines. The OSS and the Italian Resistance in WWII
(A documentary project by Nancy Schiesari)
http://www.ossinitaly.org/index.html
The resistance in Italy : The Italian Resistance was one of the most important in Europe. In the summer of 1944, the Partisans numbered around 70.000, and the end of the war tey were 200.000 strong, and had suffered 50.000 casualties. They tied up a third of the German Army in Italy away from the Allied front. These are a few of their stories.
http://www.ossinitaly.org/partisansclip.html
Women in the Resistance: Italian women played a vital role in the successes of the Resistance. After the war - for the first time in Italy - Women could vote and hold positions in the national government. Of the five per cent that comprised the 1946 legislature for the newborn Italian Republic, more than half of those women had served in the partisan movement.
http://www.ossinitaly.org/womenpartisansclip.html