Radio War Nerd #265 — The 1970 Borghese Coup, Part Two. With Annibale (Patreon)

Guest: Annibale 

Recorded: January 22, 2021

In the second part of our 2-part series on Italy's 1970 Borghese Coup plot (RWN #264), our Years Of Lead expert Annibale describes the political conditions in Italy at the time of the coup, the events, who benefited, the likely goal of the coup plotters, and why one of the neofascist coup plotters later boasted that the coup succeeded.

Follow Annibale on Twitter. Listen to Annibale's popular RWN series: Italy's Years OfLead (#134, #135,#136, #139); Italian Resistance in WW2 (#131); Italy on the Eastern Front in WWII (#226, #227, #228, #231, #236); Venetian Empire (#207, #208, #209, #214); The Hundred Years War (#175, #176, #177, #180, #182, #183). 

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Interlude music by Brendon Anderegg. Check out his group Mountains here.

Total time: 1:43:31

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