Despite the issue of Italian prisoners of war during the Second World War receiving some significant attention, the fate of those prisoners held by the Yugoslav state has not yet been thoroughly examined. This is largely a consequence of the lack of sources, which is also why this issue has been treated superficially in the literature. The present article aims to fill this gap, focusing in particular on the repatriation of Italian prisoners of war held in Yugoslavia after the Second World War. Employing material from archives in the UK, Italy, Serbia, Slovenia and Switzerland, the author will reconstruct the process of repatriation by delving into international diplomatic circumstances and Italo–Yugoslav relations, as well as the political and ideological dynamics which affected the fate of those prisoners. The study will also provide a count of the number of Italian prisoners of war in Yugoslavia, which up to this point has been unclear.

尽管二战期间意大利战俘的问题受到了一些重视，但这些被南斯拉夫国家关押的战俘的命运尚未得到彻底审查。这在很大程度上是缺乏来源的结果，这也是为什么这个问题在文献中被肤浅地处理的原因。本文旨在填补这一空白，特别关注二战后被关押在南斯拉夫的意大利战俘的遣返。作者将利用英国、意大利、塞尔维亚、斯洛文尼亚和瑞士的档案材料，通过深入研究国际外交环境和意大利与南斯拉夫的关系，以及影响他们命运的政治和意识形态动态，重构遣返过程。囚犯。