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Death of the Duce


Death of the Duce, Benito Mussolini | The National WWII Museum

The death of Benito Mussolini on April 28, 1945 was characterized “A fitting end to a wretched life,” by The New York Times.

Death of Benito Mussolini - Wikipedia

45°58′52″N 9°12′12″E / 45.98111°N 9.20333°E / 45.98111; 9.20333 Benito Mussolini, the deposed Italian fascist dictator, was summarily executed by an ...

Benito Mussolini's Final Hours | HISTORY

As World War II wound down, Benito Mussolini scrambled, unsuccessfully, to outrun his enemies. After they captured and killed him, his body ...

How Did Benito Mussolini Die? The Story Behind Il Duce's Last ...

It was shortly before seven o'clock on the rain-drenched morning of April 27, 1945, the day before the death of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini. The hum of ...

Benito Mussolini's Death: Inside The Brutal Execution Of Il Duce

After Benito Mussolini was executed alongside his mistress Clara Petacci on April 28, 1945, their bodies were mutilated by the partisans who ...

Mussolini Executed - YouTube

explore the death of Benito Mussolini, otherwise known as Il Duce, the fascist leader of Italy during World War II. Benito Mussolini was ...

Benito Mussolini executed | April 28, 1945 | HISTORY

On April 28, 1945, “Il Duce,” Benito Mussolini, and his mistress, Clara Petacci, are shot by Italian partisans who had captured the couple as they attempted to ...

The Killing of Il Duce - Warfare History Network

Two men kicked the late Mussolini in the jaw while another put a pendant in his dead hand as a mock symbol of his lost power; a woman fired five pistol shots ...

Mussolini, mistress executed by firing squad - UPI Archives

He died shouting "No! No!" to a firing squad which took his life, and that of his mistress, near the village of Dongo on Lake Como near the Swiss border ...

Benito Mussolini - Wikipedia

He was Prime Minister of Italy from the March on Rome in 1922, until his deposition in 1943, as well as Duce ... Cause of death, Summary execution. Resting ...

Read an Eye-Witness Account of Mussolini's Final Moments - Time

The Italian fascist dictator was killed 70 years ago, on April 28, 1945.

How did Italy's fascist dictator Benito Mussolini die? - The Week

Debate continues about the circumstances of Il Duce's death more than seven decades ago.

The death of Benito Mussolini... - The National WWII Museum

The death of Benito Mussolini on April 28, 1945 was characterized “A fitting end to a wretched life,” by The New York Times:...

Final Hours Leading to Mussolini's Death - Comando Supremo

Lampredi did not recall Audisio pronouncing the death sentence, but the Duce asked to be shot in the heart. · Moretti claimed that Mussolini ...

The Terrible Mystery Surrounding Mussolini's Death | by Mehdi E.

The Duce, admired like a Caesar for two decades, especially in Milan, where Italian Fascism was born, no longer inspired his people and was ...

The Dead Duce | History Today

The Dead Duce. The strange story of the death and posthumous life of Italy's Fascist dictator, and the continuing power of the cult of his body over the Italian ...

Benito Mussolini | Biography, Definition, Facts, Rise, & Death

By 1925 Mussolini had dismantled Italy's democratic institutions and assumed his role as dictator, adopting the title Il Duce (“The Leader”).

I Was There! - 'Down With Mussolini and Death to the Duce!'

Extraordinary scenes of jubilation were witnessed by Ross Munro, Canadian Press Correspondent in Sicily, when news of the resignation on July 23, 1943 of the ...

Did the Brutal Death of Mussolini Contribute to Hitler's Suicide?

Seventy years ago on Tuesday, partisans in the backwoods of northern Italy summarily executed Benito Mussolini after they happened to foil ...

Il corpo del duce (2011) - IMDb

On April 29, 1945, partisans and citizens of Milan gathered in Piazzale Loreto to celebrate the death of the Duce. Mussolini's body, which was hanging by its ...