Pippo: An Italian Folklore Mystery of World War II

Perry, Alan R.

doi:10.2979/jfr.2003.40.2.115

Journal of Folklore Research: An International Journal of Folkl

2003

DOI: 10.2979/jfr.2003.40.2.115

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Pippo: An Italian Folklore Mystery of World War II

Alan R. Perry¹

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Italian Society Under Anglo-American Bombs: Propaganda, Experience, and Legend, 1940–1945

Baldoli

Fincardi

2009

Hist. J.

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The Italian experience of being bombed has been neglected in the historiography of the Second World War, especially in English. This marginalization is not justified by the record of events; according to official estimates, Italian civilian victims of bombing numbered around 60,000. The reaction of the Italian population to air raids was carefully evaluated and discussed by the Allies, who decided to hit civilians living near industrial areas with a view to testing their psychological resistance. The article focuses on the civilians' reactions to death coming from the sky, by examining their response to both Anglo-American and Fascist propaganda, and to the experience of the raids at different stages of the war. It analyses the ways in which civilians coped with the collapse of state defences (including the creation of legends and the spreading of rumours independent of state propaganda), and the psychologically complex and shifting response to bombers who introduced themselves as liberators. The research presented is based on archival sources, particularly prefects' reports from different parts of Italy to the Ministry of Interior, on both Anglo-American and Fascist propaganda, newspaper articles, and civilians' diaries.

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Italian Society Under Anglo-American Bombs: Propaganda, Experience, and Legend, 1940–1945

Baldoli

Fincardi

2009

Hist. J.

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Pippo: An Italian Folklore Mystery of World War II

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Italian Society Under Anglo-American Bombs: Propaganda, Experience, and Legend, 1940–1945

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