Francesco Maria Barracu was an Italian Fascist politician and soldier who was the Undersecretary to the Presidency of the Council of Ministers of the Italian Social Republic from 1943 to his execution
The Italian Social Republic, known prior to December 1943 as the National Republican State of Italy, but more popularly known as the Republic of Salò, was a German puppet state with limited diplomatic
Benito Mussolini rescued by German troops from his prison in Campo Imperatore on 12 September 1943
Italian Social Republic propaganda poster saying: "Germany is truly your friend", by Gino Boccasile (1944)
German Tiger I tank in front of the Victor Emmanuel II Monument in Rome in February 1944.
Mussolini inspecting fortified positions, 1944