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...Temper. Italy's anti-Fascist groups wondered if Blackshirt Fascismo had merely given way to Whiteshirt Fascismo. Cried the underground: "Treason . . . betrayal. . . . We are going from one dictatorship to another. . . . The time has come for [the people] ... to demand ... a clear declaration of [the government's] foreign and internal policy." Giornale d'ltalia, no longer edited by Mussolini Mouthpiece Virginio Gayda (rumored a suicide), warned: "[Italy might have as much to fear] from her friends as from her enemies." Milan's Corriere della Sera, mutilated by the censor, voiced a widespread worry: "The limpid truths...
From many sources came reports of Italy in upheaval. Bern and Stockholm told of peace riots in Bologna, Milan and Rome, of clashes between Italians and German soldiery. The Fascist Blackshirt militia, posted on the northern frontier, it was said, had been replaced by Badoglio's police; bad blood brewed between the factions; Italy might yet be plunged into civil...
...days was wont to show himself barechested, building walls in the former Pontine Marshes, was chest-deep in other, less healthy labor. For the second time in a fortnight he shook up his Party leader ship. Tunisia was on his mind. So was his slowly crumbling Blackshirt State. A new generation of resistance was gathering its strength in Italy...
...Ethiopia the Packards saw lagging Marshal Badoglio drive like mad to reach Addis Ababa at the head of his army. They also watched Blackshirt politicians arrive by plane to snatch a share in the victory publicity. Count Ciano took a hotel room next to the Packards' and joined them one night for a drink. "He was bubbling over with enthusiasm. 'England is through,' he said, 'or she would have taken a stronger stand against us. . . . We are ready for the future. We have the only experienced army in Europe as a result of our Ethiopian training...
Through all these actions, most conspicuous by its absence was the renowned Italian Air Force. A captured Blackshirt pilot shed some light. "Of what use are our two-gun planes," he asked, "against the British eight-guns...