The Sicilian (2009)
The Sicilian
“He had united all the political parties in Italy to pursue one course of action: the destruction of Guiliano and his band.In July of 1949 Minister Trezza announced to the press the formation of a special carabinieri army of five thousand men to be called the Special Force to Repress Banditry, without any reference to Guiliano himself. The newspapers soon rectified this sly coyness on the part of the government, which did not wish to make Guiliano seem the main target. They gleefully approved an...d congratulated the ruling Christian Democratic party for taking such a vigorous step.The national press was also struck with wonder at Minister Trezza’s genius on the organization of the special five thousand-man army. The army would be made up of bachelors so there would be no widows, and so their families could not be subjected to threats. There would be commandos, paratroopers, armored cars, heavy weapons and even aircraft. How could any two-penny bandit withstand such a force? And it would be commanded by Colonel Ugo Luca, one of the great Italian war heroes of World War II, who had fought with the legendary German general Rommel.MoreLess
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