Corsica in the Second World War
In 1940, more than 90 000 soldiers from the Mussolini troops have occupied Corsica.
It is in Corsica that the term of "maquis" will be firstly used to design the Resistance. Corsica provided some great heroes to the resistance such as Danielle Casanova, Fred Scamaroni and Jean Nicoli.
In 1942, the submarine Casabianca, under the order of commandant l’Herminier, landed weapons and equipment on to Arona Beach close to Piana.
The uprising of the population against the Italians the following year made Corsica the first French department liberated. Actually the 12,000 armed Corsicans who participated in the War for liberation of the island, many became victims.
Most of the Heroes of the resistance were tortured and executed by the fascists.
The armed effect would not be sufficient anyway to reconcile Corsica and France totally. May nationalistic movements would see the day several years later.
Corsica in the Second World War
- The whole history of Corsica
- Prehistory
- Greeks and Romans
- The Middle Age
- From the Roman peace to the Pisan occupation
- Sampieru Corsu and the French
- The Independence War
- Pasquale Paoli
- The Anglo-Saxon Kingdom and the French return
- Napoleon
- From Napoleon to the 2nd World War
- Corsica in the Second World War
- Modern Corsica
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A la fin de votre article vous mélangez fait historique et des faits d'arme nationalistes qui n'ont rien à voir avec la seconde guerre mondiale.
A chacun son histoire...
C'est important de savoir qu'en effet la ville de Bastia et la corse ont été libéré en Aout 1943 donc bien avant le débarquement en normandie des alliées en juin 1944.
Alors pourquoi et comment expliquer que "La Borne du kilomètre 0", sur la Voie de la Liberté, commémore Sainte-Mère-Église comme première ville libérée en Europe les 5 et 6 juin 1944. L'histoire oublie certaine vérité?!