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Benito Mussolini
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Benito Mussolini in Worldwar 
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Added by Turtle FanIn the spring of 1942, Mussolini was overthrown when the Race's Conquest Fleet overran Italy.[1] Mussolini collaborated with the Race, leading the members of the Big Five to call for his assassination despite Joachim von Ribbentrop's halfhearted attempt to speak on his behalf.[2] However, Mussolini was instead liberated by a daring SS raid commanded by Otto Skorzeny.[3] He was taken to Germany[4] and ultimately found himself in the United States in 1943, where he travelled with Dwight Eisenhower, Albert Einstein, Robert Goddard, Sam Yeager, Ullhass, and Ristin.[5] His propaganda broadcasts did much to hurt the Race's efforts.[6]
Literary CommentEdit
Mussolini's fate after Striking the Balance is unclear.
Benito Mussolini in In the Presence of Mine Enemies Edit
Benito Mussolini was the first Duce of Italy. He joined with Adolf Hitler in defeating Britain and the Soviet Union during the Second World War, earning Italy a substantial Mediterrean and Middle Eastern empire.[7] His successors used the title "Duce".[8]
Benito Mussolini in The War That Came Early Edit
Benito Mussolini was a cautious ally of Adolf Hitler in the lead-up to the 1938 Munich Conference. Hitler more openly admired Mussolini, although he was frustrated by Mussolini's instransigence on military issues.[9] Mussolini had staunchly supplied the Spanish Nationalists of José Sanjurjo, however.
Mussolini was present when Colonel Friedrich Hossbach announced that Sudeten German leader Konrad Henlein had been assassinated.[10] Mussolini was initially concerned that Hitler had been responsible, but Hitler truthfully assured Mussolini that he'd had no part of Henlein's assassination.[11] When Hitler announced that he intended to use Henlein's death as a casus belli against Czechoslovakia, Mussolini insisted that Italy was not ready for a war with Britain and France, who were pleged to aid Czechoslovakia. Hitler pressed him to enter the war nonetheless, arguing in part that neither Britain nor France were in the position to fight either.[12]
Italy did join the war officially, but did not participate beyond allocating troops to Spain as part of a joint attack on British positions in Gibraltar.[13] For the first year of the war, Germany carried most of the offensive against the Allies. Indeed, by mid-1939, Italy wasn't even aiding the Spanish Nationalists.[14]
Thus, by 1940, the only consistent action Italy was involved in was a fight with Britain in Somaliland and Abyssinia.[15] The "big switch" came a few months later.
TriviaEdit
Mussolini was fairly fluent in English, French, and did well in German. Thus, he could speak to Neville Chamberlain, Edouard Daladier, and Hitler without a translator. Hitler envied Mussolini's multilingual skill.
Benito Mussolini in Southern Victory Edit
Benito Mussolini was an Italian politician after the Great War. He made the famous campaign promise that he would make the trains run on time. Despite the attractiveness of this promise, he was never elected to high office.[16]
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ In the Balance, pg. 221.
- ↑ Ibid., pg. 226-227.
- ↑ Ibid., pg. 420-421.
- ↑ Tilting the Balance, pg. 21.
- ↑ Upsetting the Balance, pg. 339.
- ↑ Striking the Balance, pg. 93.
- ↑ In the Presence of Mine Enemies, pg. 26.
- ↑ Ibid., pg. 72.
- ↑ Hitler's War, pg. 8.
- ↑ Ibid. pg. 11.
- ↑ Ibid., pg. 15.
- ↑ Ibid., pgs. 13-17.
- ↑ Ibid., pg. 206-208.
- ↑ West and East, pg. 344.
- ↑ The Big Switch, pg. 18.
- ↑ Return Engagement, pg. 580.
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