Italy in World War II

Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini was an Italian politician, journalist, and dictator who led Italy as Il Duce from 1922 until his overthrow in 1943. He founded the fascist movement in 1919, with the creation of the Fasci Italiani di Combattimento, which became the National Fascist Party (PNF) in 1921. Mussolini was appointed Prime Minister of Italy after the March on Rome in 1922, establishing a totalitarian dictatorship. He oversaw Italy's participation in World War II as a prominent member of the Axis Powers, and was summarily executed near the end of the war in 1945.

1943 deposition of Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini

civil war fought in Italy from 1943 to 1945 between the Benito Mussolini regime and Allied-aligned anti-fascists

involvement of Italy in World War II

1933 treaty among Britain, France, Italy, and Germany

allied-occupied Italy in WW2

press agency in Italy (1853-1945)

part of the September 1944 battle during the Italian Campaign in the Second World War

chapel in the Orkney islands built by Italian prisoners of war

Italian Fascist, journalist (1879–1943)

Italian radio station from Bari

Italian war material request during WWII

Short-lived partisan state

wooden cabinet