was an Italian veterans' organization.
It was established after World War I by members of the Italian Republican Party to organize former servicemen who had been supportive of Italy's participation in the conflict but disapproved of the larger (ANC) and its sympathies towards Benito Mussolini's government.
After the assassination of Giacomo Matteotti it was one of the few groups which planned for armed resistance against Fascism, and would be one of the first organizations to be banned under the dictatorship.
Notable members Randolfo Pacciardi Giovanni Conti Raffaele Rossetti Emilio Lussu Carlo Rosselli Piero Calamandrei Ernesto Rossi Peppino, Ricciotti Jr., and Sante Garibaldi, grandsons of Giuseppe Garibaldi
Bibliography
External links Movimento Italia libera