Historical Accuracy
I depict the partisan resistance in Italy during the Italian Social Republic, a notable phase of Italy's role during World War 2.

Germany forcefully occupied Italy in 1943 and reinstated Mussolini after his arrest by the monarchy, using garrisons to enforce fascist rule across the country's provinces. I depict there being a small Nazi detachment enabling the local Blackshirt militia to act as defacto police in the town.

There were Italian Partisans who had previously fought against the nationalists in the Spanish civil war, which I tried to represent in one of the members you can potentially recruit.

Before the German occupation, there were segregation policies and systematic violence inflicted on jewish communities in Italy. However the Germans, upon occupying Italy, began deporting jewish italians to concentration camps at a much more aggressive rate. I make sure to include some allusions to the active genocide being carried out.

The fascist authorities would hang people in the middle of towns and villages who were deemed "dissidents." When Mussolini was executed, his body, along with his wife's body, were strung up in a hanging area where partisans were previously hanged. I depict this with a capture mechanic, where captured partisans are executed by hanging the next morning if they are not rescued.

As morally gray as it was, some partisans did carry out violent reprisals against civilians who were believed to have collaborated with the fascists. I included a depiction of this in a mission.

I also used historical images of partisan soldiers. The name of the game is based on the italian antifascist song "Bella Ciao," which has become a worldwide symbol of resistance and antifascism.

Thematic Relevance
Since the theme was World War 2, I decided to center the game around the domestic fight against fascism in Italy. Italy was ruled by a puppet government at the time, installed by the Nazis shortly after Italy attempted to surrender to the allied forces. The partisan resistance played a notable role in the Italy liberation chapter of World War 2, staging an uprising that made the fascist grip over the civilian population untenable in multiple cities. In fact, it was a group of partisans that captured and executed the fleeing fascist dictator, Benito Mussolini.

Disclaimers
I used some sound effects from pixabay under the pixabay content license. I also used historical photos of Partisan resistance fighters found on wikimedia commons.