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Death of Benito Mussolini
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Benito Mussolini, the deposed Italian Fascist dictator, was summarily executed by an Italian partisan in the village of Giulino di Mezzegra in northern Italy on 28 April 1945, in the final days of Wor
Benito Mussolini, Duce of Fascism
Benito Mussolini, Duce of Fascism
Walter Audisio, the Italian partisan generally believed to have executed Mussolini
Walter Audisio, the Italian partisan generally believed to have executed Mussolini
Mussolini at the Prefecture in Milan on the afternoon of 25 April 1945 (believed to be the last photograph of him alive)
Mussolini at the Prefecture in Milan on the afternoon of 25 April 1945 (believed to be the last photograph of him alive)
Luigi Longo (left) and Palmiro Togliatti at a Communist Party congress after the war
Luigi Longo (left) and Palmiro Togliatti at a Communist Party congress after the war
Death of Adolf Hitler
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On 30 April 1945, Adolf Hitler committed suicide by gunshot in the Führerbunker when it became clear that Germany would lose the Battle of Berlin, which resulted in Germany's surrender to the Allies a
Death of Benito Mussolini
…on 27 April by local partisans near the village of Dongo on Lake Como. Mussolini and Petacci were executed the following afternoon, two days before Adolf Hitler's suicide. The bodies of Mussolini and Petacci were taken to Milan and left in a suburban square, the Piazzale Loreto, for a large angry crowd to insult and…
Front page of the American military newspaper Stars and Stripes on 2 May 1945
Front page of the American military newspaper Stars and Stripes on 2 May 1945
Eva Braun and Hitler at Berchtesgaden (with Hitler's dog Blondi at right), June 1942
Eva Braun and Hitler at Berchtesgaden (with Hitler's dog Blondi at right), June 1942
Situation of World War II in Europe at the time of Hitler's death. The white areas were controlled by Nazi forces, the pink areas were controlled by t
Situation of World War II in Europe at the time of Hitler's death. The white areas were controlled by Nazi forces, the pink areas were controlled by the Allies, and the red areas indicate recent Allied advances.
Exterior of the Führerbunker shortly before its destruction. Hitler and Braun's remains were burnt in a shell crater outside the emergency exit at the
Exterior of the Führerbunker shortly before its destruction. Hitler and Braun's remains were burnt in a shell crater outside the emergency exit at the left.