Milan during World War Two Tours

Discover some crucial events of modern history with our World War Two tours in Milan.

Everybody knows the name “piazzale Loreto” and the hanging of Mussolini’s corpse. But where is this location, what really happened and why it was chosen to expose the bodies of the Fascist leaders?

It’s very difficult to imagine the busy streets of the business city as a battlefield but here the partizans and the fascist fought merciless street by street, house by house, while the Allied where bombing the city and people trying to survive the struggle.

During WW2 our city was a major industrial centre, crucial to the Italian war effort. Alfa Romeo made tanks, trucks and engines, Pirelli produced tires, Breda delivered guns and munitions. The entire city became a target of British and American bombers. We will discuss tactics, we will show you the defenses, air shelters built to protect the population and the scars of the war still on the walls of the buildings.

Milan is also the perfect location for a themed itinerary dedicated to Fascism and Mussolini. Do you know the loyalist members of the fascist regime where nicknamed from a Milanese square? We will walk the footsteps of Mussolini, from the very beginning of his political career to the location of his last public speech and the bitter end of his life.

Very few people know that our city became a lifeline for many Jews escaping from Nazism and concentration camps from all over Europe and fundamental in the building of the state of Israel. Learn this story when in Milan.

World War Two is not just Milan. We can take you to lake Como and discover where Mussolini was captured by the partisans and shoot. We will tell you why he was there. You’ll follow the dictator in the struggle to save his life.

Contact us for a World War Two themed itinerary in Milan. We can mix it with the “classic” tours and have the best of ancient and modern history.

Do you know that the metro station beneath Duomo square was built during the war as an air shelter? We will show how the structure has been designed from the beginning as the future Metro station.