Editing Junio Valerio Borghese (section)

== After the war and political career ==
Borghese was captured by the Italian authorities on March 30, 1945 just five days after the fall of the RSI. Three years later in February 1949 he was sentenced to 12 years in prison for war crimes. However, the Office of Strategic Services (now the CIA) convinced Italy to commute his sentence to three years. Since Borghese had already served three years awaiting trial, he was released. After being released, Borghese became involved in the Italian Social Movement (MSI).

As a result of the Soviets overrunning Eastern Europe and Yugoslavia being a communist country, many feared that Italy could also become a communist country. Borghese and others argued that radical, violent action might be necessary to stop this. Due to the MSI being unwilling to endorse such a course of action, in 1967 Borghese left the party and founded the National Front (FN). He became a leader of Italy's growing extra-parliamentary fascist movement, which in addition to FN, comprised organizations such as Avanguardia Nazionale (AN) and the Ordine Nuovo study group (ON).