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    Taking down Il Duce

    Dec 27, 2019 2 minutes

    On 25 July 1943, soon after the Allied landing in Sicily, Mussolini and his Fascist regime were swept from power. It was not the anti-Fascist resistance but the Italian political establishment that pulled the plug on Il Duce. The new government, under Marshal Badoglio, officially maintained ties with Nazi Germany, fearing reprisals.

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