Vittorio Culpo was an Italo-French resistance

Resistance during World War II

Resistance movements during World War II occurred in every occupied country by a variety of means, ranging from non-cooperation, disinformation and propaganda to hiding crashed pilots and even to outright warfare and the recapturing of towns...

 soldier.

Personal life

He was born in Trissino

Trissino

Trissino is a comune in the province of Vicenza, in northern Italy.Its mayor is Claudio Rancan.The town is famous all over Italy for its hockey team, the Gruppo Sportivo Hockey Trissino....

 in provincia di Vicenza, Italy

Italy

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, in 1904, in a poor farmer's family. In 1923, after a violent brawl with a fascist squadron, he fled to the mountains. He was actively pursued by Benito Mussolini

Benito Mussolini

Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini was an Italian politician who led the National Fascist Party and is credited with being one of the key figures in the creation of Fascism....

's military police. He went to France and settled in Moselle

Moselle

Moselle is a department in the east of France named after the river Moselle.- History :Moselle is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790...

, before joining some Italian friends in Auvergne

Auvergne (région)

Auvergne is one of the 27 administrative regions of France. It comprises the 4 departments of Allier, Puy de Dome, Cantal and Haute Loire.The current administrative region of Auvergne is larger than the historical province of Auvergne, and includes provinces and areas that historically were not...

, where he worked peacefully until the beginning of World War II.

World War involvement

During the initial year of the war (1939-1940), he fought for the 92nd infantry regiment and obtained French nationality. After the disarmament (1940), he joined the resistance

French Resistance

The French Resistance is the name used to denote the collection of French resistance movements that fought against the Nazi German occupation of France and against the collaborationist Vichy régime during World War II...

 of Val d'Allier

Allier

Allier is a department in central France named after the river Allier.- History :Allier is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790. It was created from parts of the former provinces of Auvergne and Bourbonnais.In 1940, the government of Marshal...

. He helped organize a train attack on the Clermont-Ferrand

Clermont-Ferrand

Clermont-Ferrand is a city and commune of France, in the Auvergne region, with a population of 140,700 . Its metropolitan area had 409,558 inhabitants at the 1999 census. It is the prefecture of the Puy-de-Dôme department...

 line, when he was severely hurt. He never recovered fully from his injuries.

Later life

He died in 1955 in Mirefleurs

Mirefleurs

Mirefleurs is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne in central France.-References:*...

. His great grandson, Sébastien Culpo dedicated a short movie to him.