Benito Mussolini

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Benito Mussolini (1883-1945) was the fascist dictator of Italy during World War II. He was an ally of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party in Germany and, along with Hitler, co-founded the Axis. Although initially wary of his ally, Hitler, Mussolini nonetheless led his country into war in 1940. Three years later, Mussolini was deposed at the Grand Council of Fascism, prompted by the Allied invasion. He was rescued from incarceration, and attempted to rebuild a powerbase in the unoccupied parts of Italy. He was captured and summarily executed by Communist Italian partisans. His body was hung upside down at a petrol station for public viewing and to provide confirmation of his demise.

[edit] Benito Mussolini in In the Presence of Mine Enemies

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. His successors used the title "Duce".

[edit] Benito Mussolini in Worldwar

Benito Mussolini supported Adolf Hitler's wars with the Soviet Union, the United States, and Britain. He sent Italian troops to invade the Soviet Union in the winter of 1941-42. In the spring of 1942, Mussolini was overthrown when the Race's Conquest Fleet overran Italy. 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. However, Mussolini was instead liberated by a daring SS raid commanded by Otto Skorzeny. He was taken to Germany and ultimately found himself in the United States in 1944, where he travelled with Dwight Eisenhower, Albert Einstein, Robert Goddard, Sam Yeager, Ullhass, and Ristin.

After the Peace of Cairo, Mussolini returned to the Greater German Reich and spent the rest of his life there.

[edit] Benito Mussolini in Southern Victory

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, and toiled in obscurity throughout his career.