Fascist Legacy - Non-prosecution of Italian War Criminals

Non-prosecution of Italian War Criminals

Yugoslavia, Greece and Ethiopia requested extradition of 1,200 Italian war criminals who were however never prosecuted because the British and American governments with the beginning of cold war saw in Pietro Badoglio a guarantee of an anti-communist post-war Italy.

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