On
this date, 28 April 1945, Il Duce
A.K.A Benito Mussolini was assassinated by Italian Partisans. I will post the
information about him from Wikipedia.
Benito Mussolini |
Head
of Government of Italy and
Duce of Fascism |
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In
office
24 December 1925 – 25 July 1943 |
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Monarch
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Victor Emmanuel III
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Preceded by
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Office created
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Succeeded by
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Office abolished
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27th
Prime Minister of Italy
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In
office
31 October 1922 – 25 July 1943 |
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Monarch
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Victor Emmanuel III
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Preceded by
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Luigi Facta
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Succeeded by
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Pietro Badoglio
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Duce
of the Italian Social Republic
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In
office
23 September 1943 – 25 April 1945 |
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Preceded by
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Office created
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Succeeded by
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Office abolished
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First
Marshal of the Empire
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In
office
30 March 1938 – 25 July 1943 |
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Preceded by
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Office created
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Succeeded by
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Office abolished
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Personal
details
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Born
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Benito Amilcare Andrea
Mussolini
29 July 1883 Predappio, Forlì Kingdom of Italy |
Died
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28 April 1945 (aged 61)
Giulino di Mezzegra, Como Kingdom of Italy |
Resting place
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Nationality
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Italian
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Political party
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National Fascist Party
(1921–1943) |
Other political
affiliations |
Republican Fascist Party
(1943–1945) Italian Fasci of Combat (1919–1921) Fasci of Revolutionary Action (1914–1919) Autonomous Fasci of Revolutionary Action (1914) Italian Socialist Party (1901–1914) |
Spouse(s)
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Relations
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Children
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Benito Albino Mussolini
Edda Mussolini Vittorio Mussolini Bruno Mussolini Romano Mussolini Anna Maria Mussolini |
Profession
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Dictator, politician, journalist, novelist, teacher
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Religion
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None (atheist)
(See this section for details.) |
Military
service
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Allegiance
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Kingdom of Italy
Italian Social Republic
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Service/branch
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Royal Italian Army
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Years of service
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active: 1915–1917
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Rank
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First Marshal of the Empire
Corporal |
Unit
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11th Bersaglieri Regiment
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Battles/wars
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World War I
World War II |
Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini (Italian pronunciation: [beˈnito
musoˈlini]; 29 July 1883 – 28 April 1945) was an Italian
politician, journalist, and leader of the National Fascist Party, ruling the
country as Prime Minister from 1922 until his ousting in 1943. He ruled
constitutionally until 1925, when he dropped all pretense of democracy and set
up a legal dictatorship. Known as Il Duce ("the
leader"), Mussolini was one of the key figures in the creation of fascism.
Originally
a member of the Italian Socialist Party (PSI), Mussolini was expelled from the
PSI due to his opposition to the party's stance on neutrality in World War I.
Mussolini denounced the PSI, and later founded the fascist movement. Following
the March on Rome in October 1922 he became the youngest Prime Minister in
Italian history until the appointment of Matteo Renzi on February 2014. After
destroying all political opposition through his secret police and outlawing
labor strikes, Mussolini and his fascist followers consolidated their power
through a series of laws that transformed the nation into a one-party
dictatorship. Within five years he had established dictatorial authority by
both legal and extraordinary means, aspiring to create a totalitarian state.
Mussolini remained in power until he was deposed by King Victor Emmanuel III in
1943. A few months later, he became the leader of the Italian Social Republic,
a German client regime in northern Italy; he held this post until his death in
1945.
Since
1939, Mussolini had sought to delay a major war in Europe until at least 1942.
Germany invaded Poland on 1 September 1939, starting World War II. On 10 June
1940, Mussolini sided with Germany, though he was aware that Italy did not have
the military capacity in 1940 to carry out a long war with France and the United
Kingdom. Mussolini believed that after the imminent French surrender, Italy
could gain territorial concessions from France and then he could concentrate
his forces on a major offensive in Egypt, where British and Commonwealth forces
were outnumbered by Italian forces. However the UK refused to accept German
proposals for a peace that would involve accepting Germany's victories in
Eastern and Western Europe, plans for a German invasion of the UK did not
proceed, and the war continued.
On
24 July 1943, soon after the start of the Allied invasion
of Italy, Mussolini was defeated in the vote at the Grand Council of
Fascism, and the King had him arrested the following day. On 12 September 1943,
Mussolini was rescued from prison in the Gran Sasso raid by German special forces. In late April 1945, with
total defeat looming, Mussolini attempted to escape north, only to be quickly
captured and summarily executed near Lake Como by Italian partisans. His body
was then taken to Milan where it was hung upside down at a service station for public
viewing and to provide confirmation of his demise.
Mussolini (left) and Hitler (right) - On 25
October 1936, an Axis was declared between Italy and Germany.
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From left to right, Chamberlain, Daladier,
Hitler, Mussolini and Italian Foreign Minister Count Ciano as they prepare to
sign the Munich Agreement. (29 September 1938)
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American
wartime comic advertising the government sale of low-return War Bonds by
showing Mussolini, Hitler and Hirohito beaten by superheroes.
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