1944 ⟶ Count Ciano Executed

Count Ciano, the Italian Foreign Minister and Mussolini's so...
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🇮🇹 Mussolini Arrested and Removed from Power

Mussolini is arrested and relieved of his offices after a meeting with Italian King Victor Emmanuel III, who chooses Marshal Pietro Badoglio to form a new government.⟶
Mussolini Arrested and Removed from Power (1943)
ItalyMussoliniarrestgovernment changepolitical upheavalPietro BadoglioKing Victor Emmanuel IIIAxis powersWorld War IIregime change

🔪 Count Ciano Executed

Count Ciano, the Italian Foreign Minister and Mussolini's son-in-law, is executed by Mussolini's revived Fascist government sympathizers.⟶
Count Ciano Executed (1944)
ItalyFascismMussoliniExecutionPolitical PurgeWorld War IIAxis Powers

💀 Mussolini Executed and Displayed

Mussolini and his mistress Clara Petacci, are shot, and hanged by the feet upside down in Milan. Other members of his puppet government are also executed by Italian partisans and their bodies put on display.⟶
Mussolini Executed and Displayed (1945)
Benito MussoliniExecutionMilanClara PetacciItalian PartisansEnd of WarItalian Social RepublicPropagandaItalyDictatorship