Editing Emilio Lussu (section)

===Return to Italy===

Lussu took part in the [[Spanish Civil War|civil war]] in Spain. Between 1941 and 1942 he was the protagonist of the most important "episode" of the collaboration between British [[Special Operations Executive]] and Italian antifascism in exile. He tried to get the clearance for an antifascist uprising in his home island of [[Sardinia]], which the SOE supported at some stage but did not receive approval from the [[Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office|Foreign Office]].<ref>Mireno Berrettini, La Gran Bretagna e l'Antifascismo italiano. Diplomazia clandestina, Intelligence, Operazioni Speciali (1940–1943), Firenze, 2010</ref> He returned to Italy after the [[armistice]] of 1943 when joined the [[Italian resistance movement|Italian Resistance]] and became the secretary of the [[Sardinian Action Party]] for southern Italy. He became the leader of the left wing of the party and later joined forces with the [[Italian Socialist Party]] (PSI). After World War II he served as the [[Ministry for Post-War Assistance|Minister for Post-War Assistance]] in the government of [[Ferruccio Parri]] and later as a minister without portfolio in [[Alcide De Gasperi]]'s government.

In 1964 Lussu separated from the PSI, creating the [[Italian Socialist Party of Proletarian Unity]] (PSIUP). Ideological differences with the political line of ''Partito Sardo d'Azione'' deepened and Lussu left Sardinia.

Emilio Lussu died in Rome in 1975.