Captain Corellis Mandolin -08

Corelli's Mandolin, alternatively called Captain Corelli's Mandolin, is a 1993 novel written by Louis de Bernières which takes place on the island of Cephallonia (Kefalonia) during the Italian and German occupation of World War II. The main characters are Antonio Corelli, an Italian captain, and Pelagia, the daughter of the local physician, Dr. Iannis. An important event in the novel is the massacre of Italian troops by the Germans in September 1943.

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[insubrian]

Overall all Italians and all Germans and all men who thought and died in the war deserved to be remembered with honour, as soldiers who fight and die bravely for their country, regardless of ideology. Let us hope that in the future all Europeans, Russians and Americans can live in peace!

[jimsy73]

The fact is that no one in Italy really wanted to join the war, only Mussolini wanted it, he did really think that Germany would have won very quickly after the first months and he absolutely wanted to be on the right side for that time, because of his personal ambition... Fuck off fascism, w la libertà e la democrazia!

[iMaKeUsHoOk]

@jimsy73 Germany probably would've won too had it not been for Hitler's over ambitious agenda.

[MrBoneStripper98]

i agree with "insubrian"

no soldier wants to be there, they are there becouse ther country's leader wants them to be.

we where there becouse we had to be.

atacking the USA is a big no no.

[Scrimante]

@cocacolacompany1 this is a lie, try to study history!

Remember what Churchill said of the Italian soldiers of the Folgore? Do you remember what did the Alpini in Russia? Do you know of the many Italian regiments who fought alongside the Allies to liberate Italy? You know how many deaths did fascism in Italy? If you could not go at war your family was killed

[MoebiusPan]

@insubrian Unfortunately peace is unattainable with the current human mindset, and hope alone cannot get us there. As for the first statement, I disagree strongly. War is not all bravery, valor and honor; more often than not, its the most base instincts that take control, resulting in pillaging, rape, murder, genocide. Patriotism and dying for ones' country does not equal absolution nor redemption.

[1971elif]

The book is much much better!

[insubrian]

Thousands more were killed. The American landing in Sicily, which was accomplished by the Americans making a deal with the Sicilian Mafia, also caused the Germans to withdraw some troops and equipment from Stalingrad, contributing to their defeat there.

[insubrian]

That is why the Germans retaliated, from their point of view, Italy betrayed them. In the end all Italian soldiers found themselves leaderless from one day to the next. About 60,000 were taken to labor camps by the Germans, thousands were murdered in Greece. Many more died in the Russian winter. Even after the war was over, the killing between Italian Partisans and Italians who were though as being fascist sympathizers continued.