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Wartime recruiting poster for the Decima Flottiglia MAS ('10th Assault Vehicle Flotilla'). 'La Decima' was an Italian commando frogman unit of the Regia Marina (Italian Royal Navy), which was created under the Fascist regime. [Image: Wikipedia.]

National flag: Italian Social Republic

Repubblica Sociale Italiana

Italy
Italian Social Republic

Although it was led by Benito Mussolini, the Italian Social Republic (Italian: Repubblica Sociale Italiana, RSI) was a puppet state of German Reich. The RSI exercised official sovereignty in northern Italy, but was largely dependent upon the Wehrmacht (German military) to maintain control. The state was informally known as the Salò Republic (Italian: Repubblica di Salò) because Mussolini was headquartered in Salò, a small town on Lake Garda.

The Italian Social Republic was the second and last incarnation of a Fascist Italian state.

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