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“If the monarchy had won”: from tomorrow in bookstores, the essay that rewrites 1946

AGI - Tomorrow, Marco Patricelli’s new, gripping book, “If the Monarchy Had Won. June 2, 1946. A Counterfactual History,” (published by Solferino) will be released in all bookstores.

We all know how it went in reality: on June 10, 1946, the Court of Cassation announced the victory of the Republic over the Monarchy by two million votes. But eighty years after that historical moment, this essay completely reverses the perspective with a documented narrative and a relentless pace.

The Secret Operation “White Cross”

In the book, the author hypothesizes the defeat of the republicans due to a secret intervention by the United States and Great Britain. Concerned by a possible leftward drift of Italy and distrustful of the leaders of the CLN – particularly Palmiro Togliatti, seen as Stalin’s right-hand man – the Allies decide to move in the shadows.

Through the halls of power in Rome, Washington, London, and Moscow, we discover the backstories of Operation “White Cross” (White Cross, from the symbol of the Savoia family). To ensure the victory of the monarchy and keep it under control, the Americans and the British organized the vote of prisoners of war in the camps, promising a quick return home, and also encouraged the vote in Trentino.

The Fork in the Road That Changed Italy

The same Umberto of Savoy, initially perplexed, decides to give the go-ahead for the operation via his minister Falcone Lucifero after seeing the strong support obtained by the left-wing parties in the local elections of spring 1946.

From that precise moment, the history of Italy takes a completely different turn… An indispensable book for lovers of history and those “what if” scenarios, available in bookstores from tomorrow.

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