Republic of Alba (1944)

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Republic of Alba
Repubblica di Alba
1944–1944
Flag of Alba
Flag
StatusUnrecognized state
CapitalAlba
Common languagesItalian
GovernmentPartisan republic
Historical eraWorld War II
• Established
October 10 1944
• Conquered
November 2 1944
CurrencyItalian lira
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Italian Social Republic
Italian Social Republic

Alba was conquered by two thousand people on the 10th of October
and two hundred lost it on the 2nd of November
of the year 1944

— Beppe Fenoglio, The Twenty-three Days of the City of Alba

The Republic of Alba was a short-lived state that existed from 10 October to 2 November 1944 in Alba, northern Italy, as a local resistance against Italian fascism during World War II, and which was part of the so-called partisan republics, the first of which was the Republic of Corniolo. It was named after the Napoleonic Republic of Alba that existed in 1796 in Piedmont.

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