‘No-One Wears the Fascist Badge Anymore’: Blockade, Starvation and Popular Opinion in Wartime Sicily and Sardinia, 1940–3
Journal of Contemporary History
Published online on February 17, 2026
Abstract
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This article analyses the relationship between the maritime war, food supply, and popular opinion in Italy during the ‘fascist war’ (1940–3). It does so through a novel case study, focusing on Sicily and Sardinia. Drawing on a rich body of multinational ...
This article analyses the relationship between the maritime war, food supply, and popular opinion in Italy during the ‘fascist war’ (1940–3). It does so through a novel case study, focusing on Sicily and Sardinia. Drawing on a rich body of multinational ...