Milan Partisans Celebrate Liberation - Flag-waving Partisans gather in courtyard of Sforzesco Castle in Milan April 25 to celebrate third anniversary of Italy's liberation from the Germans. Attempt of Communist-led Partisans to parade to the city's Cathedral Square, in defiance of government ban on parades, touched off the country's largest post-election riot. Rifle-swinging police broke the ranks of the 25,000 partisans when they tried to march. April 29, 1948. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).