Mussolini
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Mussolini

The Last 600 Days of Il Duce

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eBook - ePub

Mussolini

The Last 600 Days of Il Duce

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In his last days, Mussolini, the tyrant, was in the grip of anger, shame, and depression. The German armed forces that had sustained his puppet government since its creation in September 1943 were being inexorably driven out of Italy, the frontiers of his Fascist republic were shrinking daily and Mussolini was aware that German military leaders were negotiating with the Allies behind his back in neutral Switzerland. Moseley's well-researched and highly engaging tome throws light on the last twenty months of the despot's life and culminates with the dramatic capture and execution of Mussolini (and his mistress Claretta Petacci) by partisans of the Italian resistance on April 28, 1945.

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Table of contents

  1. Acknowledgments
  2. 1 The Last Spectator
  3. 2 After the Fall
  4. 3 Birth of the Salò Republic
  5. 4 The Fate of the Roman Jews
  6. 5 Mussolini and Claretta
  7. 6 A Most Unhappy Family
  8. 7 Galeazzo Ciano and Edda
  9. 8 Troubles on All Fronts
  10. 9 The Partisan War Develops
  11. 10 Il Duce and the Jews
  12. 11 The Liberation of Rome
  13. 12 A Terrible Summer
  14. 13 More Atrocities, Greater Despair
  15. 14 “I Have Ruined Italy”
  16. 15 The Secret Negotiations
  17. 16 In Search of a Way Out
  18. 17 Peace Hopes in the Balance
  19. 18 Looming Defeat and Paralysis
  20. 19 A Temporary Loss of Nerve
  21. 20 The Fall of Fascism
  22. 21 Flight and Capture
  23. 22 Mussolini Tamed: The Polite Prisoner
  24. 23 “I’ve Come to Shoot Them”
  25. 24 Execution of Il Duce: Whodunnit?
  26. 25 Piazzale Loreto: A Shameful Denouement
  27. 26 The German Surrender
  28. 27 Lakeside Murders and the Dongo Treasure
  29. 28 The Mysterious Churchill File
  30. 29 The Dead Sprout Wings
  31. 30 Epilogue
  32. Chronology
  33. Dramatis Personae
  34. Notes
  35. Bibliography