National Republican Air Force
The National Republican Air Force was the air force of the Italian Social Republic, a World War II German puppet state in Italy.
A Fiat G.55 Centauro in ANR livery, exhibited at the Aeronautica Militare Vigna di Valle museum.
The Italian Social Republic, known prior to December 1943 as the National Republican State of Italy, but more popularly known as the Republic of Salò, was a Nazi-German puppet state with limited diplomatic recognition that was created during the latter part of World War II. It existed from the beginning of the German occupation of Italy in September 1943 until the surrender of German troops in Italy in May 1945. The German occupation triggered widespread national resistance against it and the Italian Social Republic, leading to the Italian Civil War.
Benito Mussolini rescued by German troops from his prison in Campo Imperatore on 12 September 1943
Mussolini inspecting fortified positions, 1944
RSI soldiers, March 1944
RSI soldiers deployed to the Battle for Anzio