Gruppi di Azione Patriottica

Patriotic Action Groups
Gruppi di Azione Patriottica
LeadersFranco Calamandrei
Carlo Salinari
Dates of operationOctober 1943 – May 1944
IdeologyCommunism
Marxism–Leninism
Anti-fascism
Part ofGaribaldi Brigades
Allies National Liberation Committee
OpponentsNazi Germany German Occupying Forces
Italian Social Republic Italian Social Republic

The Patriotic Action Groups (Italian: Gruppi di Azione Patriottica; GAP), formed by the general command of the Garibaldi Brigades at the end of October 1943, were small groups of partisans that were born on the initiative of the Italian Communist Party to operate mainly in the city, based on the experience of the French Resistance. The militants of the GAP were called Gappisti. By extension, the less numerous partisan socialist and shareholder city units were also called GAP.

One of the successful operations of the GAP was the Via Rasella attack in March 1944. Led by Bruno Fanciullacci, members of the GAP also assassinated Italian fascist philosopher Giovanni Gentile in April 1944.