Italian resistance movement
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The Italian Resistance, or simply La Resistenza, consisted of all the Italian resistance groups who fought the occupying forces of Nazi Germany and the fascist collaborationists of the Italian Social
Clockwise from top: Flag of the National Liberation Committee A group of Italian partisans
Partisan formation during the resistance, 1944-45
Carlo Rosselli
Giacomo Matteotti
Benito Mussolini
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Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini was an Italian politician, journalist, and dictator who led the Kingdom of Italy as a fascist dictatorship from 1922 until his overthrow in 1943. Known under his rule
Italian resistance movement
…one last time to secure passage with an escaping German convoy on its way to the Brenner Pass with his mistress Claretta Petacci. The dead body of Benito Mussolini, Claretta Petacci and other executed fascists by Italian partisans on display at Piazzale Loreto square in Milan, April 1945 On the morning of 27 April…
Mussolini in 1939
Birthplace of Mussolini in Predappio; the building now hosts exhibitions on contemporary history.
Mussolini's booking file following his arrest by the police on 19 June 1903, Bern, Switzerland
Mussolini in the early 1900s