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Luigi Ficani

Hitler, the partisan

Mario Ficani, born in 1923. During the Second World War he was a partisan,with the nome de bataille "Hitler". He fought with the Second Autonomous Division "Langhe", under the command of Pietro "Poli" Balbo. He undertook a number of actions in the Bormida valley, took part in the Battle of the Three Pines and met the ambiguous Sus, a fascist who claimed to be a partisan and organized numerous ambushes against partisans.  

Video table of contents

  1. Hitler
  2. The battle of "Three pines" in Loazzolo
  3. Where we found the weapons
  4. Moretto
  5. The night of the 8th september 1943
  6. Giovanni "Pinin" Balbo
  7. Mutis's commandos look for me
  8. The air field of Vesime
  9. Our most important role
  10. Sus' story
  11. Captain Tino

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Geographic information

Country: IT

Region: Piemonte

City: Vesime

District: AT

Altitude: 412m s.l.m.

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Luigi Ficani

Date of birth: 12-22-1923
City: Vesime Bormida
Languages: italiano

Document by: Andrea Icardi
Video by: Andrea Icardi
Created: 19-01-2013

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