Word: vivas
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Viva Padovani! Viva Mussolini!" These are the cries that reached the ears of II Capitano Padovani, leader of the Neapolitan Fascisti, from his 40,000 followers, who, on bended knees, declared their undying devotion to him and with more vivas promised to follow him " anywhere...
Another anti-Fascismo incident occurred in Northern Italy when Colonel Rossetti interrupted a Fascist meeting with cries of "Viva I'Italia libera" and "A basso il Fascismo!" He was then manhandled by the crowd, who subsequently discovered that their victim was the man who sank the Viribus Unitis (flagship of the Austrian navy) single-handed during the war. Rossetti speaking of this experience said: "I was treated by the Austrians with all the honors of war when I was their prisoner, but when I breathe the sacred word Liberta, all I get from my own countrymen is kicks...