Gianni Agnelli

The factories were heavily bombed, but practically the construction work had been redone very quickly.

The factories were heavily bombed, but practically the construction work had been redone very quickly.

Well, Italy had been overrun by the War, there had practically been civil war, north and south of the Gothic read more

Well, Italy had been overrun by the War, there had practically been civil war, north and south of the Gothic Line, heavy bombing, the northern industrial cities had been bombed heavily and we had political disorder before 1948.

Italy in the first years got food, for the first year or the first periods got food. Then we got read more

Italy in the first years got food, for the first year or the first periods got food. Then we got raw materials and then we got tool machines, let's say, instruments for working.

Well, the Communists at that moment were very strong in Italy and the Italian Communist Party was the biggest Communist read more

Well, the Communists at that moment were very strong in Italy and the Italian Communist Party was the biggest Communist Party outside Soviet Union, there's no doubt about that.

Now between '45 and '48, things would change enormously, 'cos we'd had credit in United States, credit from the Bank read more

Now between '45 and '48, things would change enormously, 'cos we'd had credit in United States, credit from the Bank of America, credit from the Import-Export Bank and people had started working again.