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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 World War II in Europe. The generally accepted version of events is that Mussolini was shot by Walter Audisio, a communist partisan.
- Walter Audisio
Walter Audisio (Italian pronunciation: [ˈvalter auˈdiːzjo];...
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- Benito Mussolini
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- Mas-38
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- Palmiro Togliatti
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- Dongo
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- Italian Partisan
The Italian Resistance (Italian: Resistenza italiana,...
- Fascist Salute
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During World War II, the Gran Sasso raid (codenamed...
- Italian Fascist
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- Walter Audisio
Apr 2, 2022 · Published April 2, 2022. Updated March 27, 2023. On April 28, 1945, disgraced fascist dictator Benito Mussolini was brutally executed by Italian partisans in the village of Giulino di Mezzegra. When Benito Mussolini, the tyrannical ruler of Fascist Italy before and during World War II, was executed on April 28, 1945, it was only the beginning.
- William Delong
The death of Benito Mussolini on April 28, 1945 was characterized “A fitting end to a wretched life,” by The New York Times. April 28, 2020. How Did Benito Mussolini Die? Sometimes the death of a man has the power to move us, to make us stop what we’re doing, and to contemplate our common humanity and the cruelty of fate.
Apr 28, 2015 · One woman, deciding Mussolini wasn’t dead enough for her, emptied a pistol into the dictator’s body and shouted, “Five shots for my five assassinated sons!”
May 1, 2024 · Benito Mussolini (born July 29, 1883, Predappio, Italy—died April 28, 1945, near Dongo) was the Italian prime minister (1922–43) and the first of 20th-century Europe ’s fascist dictators.
Government of the RSI. Death of Mussolini. v. t. e. Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini ( UK: / ˌmʊsəˈliːni, ˌmʌs -/, US: / ˌmuːs -/, Italian: [beˈniːto aˈmilkare anˈdrɛːa mussoˈliːni]; 29 July 1883 – 28 April 1945) was an Italian dictator who founded and led the National Fascist Party (PNF).
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 World War II in Europe. The generally accepted version of events is that Mussolini was shot by Walter Audisio, a communist partisan.