Italian Forces

Fiamme Bianche youngest volounteers

Fiamme Bianche, "white flames", because their white flame-shaped patches on collar. They were over 2000 youngest volounteers of 1926-27-28 born classes, enlisted in RSI Army in 1944-45. They saw, in general, few first line combat, but who of them saw it, gave the best of himself... A unit of Fiamme Bianche is credited of firing the last gun shot of RSI, 8 of may 1945. In the picture an officer is inspecting some Fiamme Bianche. As you can see, they're just kids... Here the story and last letter to parents of Marco Janni, 17 years old, Fiamma Bianca passed to Bersaglieri Italia division, gold medal to memory: http://digilander.libero.it/frontedeserto/diari/janni.htm DVX