Italian resistance movement was formed by pro-Allied Italians.
 Using the term "resistance" to designate a movement meeting the definition prior to World War II might be considered by some to be an anachronism
According to Joint Publication 1-02, the United States Department of Defense defines a resistance movement as "an organized effort by some portion of the civil population of a country to resist the legally established government or an occupying power and to disrupt civil order and stability"

