La Disperata

The writer Gabriele D'Annunzio seized control of the city, planning to unify it with the Kingdom of Italy, and creating the short-lived Italian Regency of Carnaro.

Guido Keller formed a military corps from volunteers who has made their way to Fiume from Italy and had camped out in the city's shipyards.

Keller experimented with his ideas of a new military order, making them march bare-chested and singing through the streets of the city.

[2] This corps took the name La Disperata meaning “(the guard) of desperate men”, and became famous among the arditi and fascists for their fearlessness and the charisma of its leaders.

[3]The name was then taken up by squadre in other cities including Bari, Brescia, Caltanissetta, Cosenza, Genoa,[4] Gorizia, Livorno, Lodi,[5] Modena, Padua, Parma, Portici, Turin,[6] Treviso and Venice.