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The corpse of Italian fascist leader Benito Mussolini hangs by his feet at a petrol station in Milan, after his execution by partisans at Mezzegra,... Mussolini's Corpse Foule défilant devant le corps de Mussolini qui a été pendu et placé dans un grand cercueil de sapin, à Milan, Italie en 1945.
Benito Mussolini, the deposed Italian fascist dictator, was summarily executed by an Italian partisan in the village of Giulino di Mezzegra in northern Italy on 28 April 1945, in the final days of World War II in Europe.
The photo of Mussolini's final fate and ultimate execution documents the scene, a full day of fury acted out on the reviled leader. Though he was already dead when his body was dumped into a central square in Milan, that didn't stop swells of people from beating, spitting on, and screaming at his corpse.
After Benito Mussolini was executed alongside his mistress Clara Petacci on April 28, 1945, their bodies were mutilated by the partisans who killed them. First, they threw vegetables at his corpse. Then they started beating and kicking it.
Mussolini S Corpse Hanged At Piazzale Loretto After His Execution In Milan In 1945. The corpse of Italian fascist leader Benito Mussolini hangs by his feet at a petrol station in Milan, after his execution by partisans at Mezzegra,...
The deposed Italian dictator Benito Mussolini and his mistress, Claretta Petacci, had been executed on Saturday near Como, Italy. The bodies had then been brought by truck to the Piazzale...
Browse 49 mussolini hanging photos and images available, or start a new search to explore more photos and images. Benito Mussolini and his mistress Clara Petacci hanging in a public square after their execution by Italian Communist partisans in April 1945.
National Archives description: "Shows a crowd of Italian Communist partisans; closeups of the corpses of Mussolini, his mistress Clara Petacci, and other Italian Fascists hanging head down from overhead beams; the crowd jeering Mussolini's picture; and closeups of the bloody features of Mussolini and Clara Petacci."
Browse 42 benito mussolini italian fascist leader executed photos and images available, or start a new search to explore more photos and images. The Gran Sasso raid was the rescue of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini from the Gran Sasso d'Italia massif by German paratroopers and Waffen-SS...
News photos regularly showed him in a position of command, riding on horseback, flying an airplane, or driving a high-performance race car. He would strip to the waist to address farmers in the hot sun or pose wrestling with a lion cub. Stories circulated in Italy to reinforce the image.