Article 62APZ Italy’s most decorated second world war resistance fighter dies aged 103

Italy’s most decorated second world war resistance fighter dies aged 103

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Mario Fiorentini commanded a group of partisans who fought against Benito Mussolini and Italy's Nazi occupiers

Mario Fiorentini, Italy's most decorated resistance fighter against fascist and Nazi forces during the second world war, has died in a Rome hospital. He was 103.

The Rome chapter of the National Association of Italian Partisans announced his death on Tuesday.

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