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- The former Fascist Party secretary, Achille Starace, dressed in a jogging suit for his daily run, was brought forth, faced the dead, and incredibly gave the stiff-armed Fascist salute to “My Duce!” He was then shot in the back by a four-man firing squad.
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The CLNAI subsequently announced, on the day after his death, that Mussolini had been executed on its orders. [20] In any event, Longo instructed a communist partisan of the General Command, Walter Audisio, to go immediately to Dongo to carry out the order. According to Longo, he did so with the words "go and shoot him". [30]
5 days ago · As the Second World War neared its end in April 1945, Benito Mussolini faced imminent defeat. On April 18, he traveled from Gargnano to Milan, hoping to negotiate with the Allies through the city’s Archbishop. However, his efforts were in vain, as the situation deteriorated rapidly. The Allies were closing in, and partisan uprisings were ...
Apr 28, 2015 · Mussolini donned a German Luftwaffe helmet and overcoat, but the disguise did little to save him when partisans stopped the convoy at the lakeside town of Dongo on April 27. For 20 years,...
It was at Dongo on Lake Como on 28 April 1945 and whilst being escorted by the Garibaldi Brigade partisans that Mussolini and his mistress Claretta Petacci were executed; the extent to which Longo took part in the killings has been the subject of dispute by historians.
Mussolini was spotted yesterday heading towards Switzerland by an Italian customs guard at Dongo, near Lake Como. He was driving a car in a column of other German cars wearing a German...
Apr 28, 2016 · Wherever the order originated, Longo sent two partisans, Walter Audisio and Aldo Lampredi, to Dongo to carry out the execution. Mussolini’s Execution Cross marking the place in Mezzegra where Mussolini was shot.
MUSSOLINI and Claretta Petacci, his mistress, were captured by the Italian Partisans on Friday, April 27, 1945, at Dongo, Province of Como. They were shot the next day on a deserted country...
