Argo Secondari
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Argo Secondari was an Italian anarchist and militant anti-fascist and one of the founders of the anti-fascist group Arditi del Popolo.
Argo Secondari in Arditi uniform, 1917
Arditi
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Arditi was the name adopted by a Royal Italian Army elite special force of World War I. They and the opposing German Stormtroopers were the first modern shock troops, and they have been called "the mo
Argo Secondari
…to Italy to enlist as a soldier during the First World War. Starting as a simple soldier, he reached the rank of lieutenant in a battalion of the Arditi and was decorated with three medals for military valor. On 22 June 1921, Argo Secondari convened a general assembly of members and sympathizers, which…
Members of the Arditi corps, 1918, wielding daggers
Italian soldier wearing Farina helmet and body armour, often used by the Compagnie della morte, erroneously considered as precursors of the Arditi
Arditi propaganda poster
Brigata Bologna's Arditi at the command of Lieutenant Arturo Avolio