History of Milan in Piazza San Sepolcro and later began their March on Rome in Milan. During the Second World War Milan suffered extensive damage from Allied bombings. When Italy surrendered in 1943, German forces occupied most of Northern Italy until 1945. As a result, resistance groups formed. As the war came to an end, the American 1st Armored Division advanced on Milan – but before they arrived, the resistance seized control of the city and executed Mussolini along with several members of his government. On 29 April 1945, the corpses of Mussolini, his mistress Clara Petacci and other Fascist leaders were hanged
Lived religion including gift exchange, cremation, hymn singing and many other essays on lived and practiced religious belief. Many of Hall's students have gone on to become notable scholars in the field of lived religion. Hall defines lived religion as “rooted less in sociology than cultural and ethnographical approaches to the study of religion and American religious history.” He instead sees lived religion as the study of the context and content about the practices of religious laity and their “everyday thinking.” Hall believes that using lived religion as an approach to the study of religion allows for a wider interpretation of meaning