The Partito Comunista Italiano (PCI) or Italian Communist Party emerged from a secession by the far left from the Italian Socialist Party[?] (PSI) during that body's congress on 21 January1921 at Leghorn. Amedeo Bordiga and Antonio Gramsci led the split.
The party gained considerable electoral success during the 40 years following 1945.
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Initially Americans supported Henri Giraud[?], However, at Casablanca conference[?] in June 1943 De Gaulle and Giraud were forced to reconcile and became joint ...