»Brez dvoma bo civilno prebivalstvo pri tem hudičevo trpelo« (Edvard Kardelj): Italijanska ofenziva na območju Loške doline leta 1942

Abstract

In April 1941, Italian forces occupied the Lož Valley (Loška dolina); their violent authority continued until the Italian capitulation in September 1943. Considering wartime and post-war fatalities in the area in question, the Italian invaders caused the highest number of deaths, namely forty percent of all fatalities, most of them civilian. The most extreme violence took place during the Italian offensive in July and August 1942, when there were mass shootings, the population was exiled to internment, and property was burned and looted.

Keywords

• lož valley
• 1942
• italian occupation
• internment
• reprisals