It described the Italian and Nazi defeat to the allies in North Africa as “heroic and tragic” and said that those who participated “sacrificed their lives for our freedom” in a social media post.
Opposition parties on the left condemned the remarks. It was deemed “inopportune” by the Five Star Movement party to claim that Italian troops had battled for freedom, according to Reuters.
Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has made several attempts to disassociate her right-wing ruling party, the Brothers of Italy (Fdl), from Italy’s totalitarian past, but the dispute still persists.
Members of the Italian Social Movement founded the FDL, which is a direct political descendent of that movement.
By declaring that racism, antisemitism, and nostalgia for Italy’s Mussolini era are unacceptable, Meloni has attempted to disassociate the party’s current form from its historical roots.
During World War Two, Italy supported Nazi Germany under fascist control and fought alongside its soldiers in the North African campaign.
Commencing on October 23, 1942, the second battle of El Alamein is regarded as the first significant triumph for Allied forces in World War Two and a pivotal moment in the war’s course.
The defeat denied the Axis forces military supremacy over North Africa and resulted in the deaths or captivity of thousands of Italian soldiers.
On the anniversary of the start of the FDL, Paola Chiesa, a politician, claimed that El Alamein was the “heart of the nation.”
