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Vittorio Mussolini (27 September 1916 – 12 June 1997) was an Italian film critic and producer. He was also the second child of Prime Minister of Italy Benito Mussolini . However, he was the first officially acknowledged son of Mussolini, with his second wife Rachele ; his older half-brother, Benito Albino Dalser , was never officially ...
Mussolini ousted and arrested under the orders of King Victor Emmanuel III. Collapse of the Fascist regime and the establishment of the Badoglio I government in Italy. Pietro Badoglio appointed as the new Prime Minister of Italy. Beginning of the negotiations for separate peace between Italy and the Allies.
Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini [a] (29 July 1883 – 28 April 1945) was an Italian politician who was the dictator of Fascist Italy from the March on Rome in 1922, until his overthrow in 1943. He was also Duce of Italian fascism from the establishment of the Italian Fasces of Combat in 1919, until his summary execution in 1945.
Mussolini promised to revive Italy's status as a Great Power in Europe, carving out a "New Roman Empire". Mussolini promised that Italy would dominate the Mediterranean Sea. In propaganda, the Fascist government used the originally ancient Roman term "Mare Nostrum" (Latin for "Our Sea") to refer to the Mediterranean Sea.
Victor Emmanuel rejected this offer, and in September 1941, when Count Ciano told him the war was lost, blasted him for his "defeatism", saying he still believed in Mussolini. [52] On 11 December 1941, Victor Emmanuel rather glibly agreed to Mussolini's request to declare war on the United States. [50]
The first stage of his ousting took place when the Fascist Party's Grand Council, under the direction of Dino Grandi, voted to ask Victor Emmanuel to resume his constitutional powers–in effect, a vote of no confidence in Mussolini. On 26 July 1943, Victor Emmanuel officially sacked Mussolini as prime minister and replaced him with Marshal ...
On 18 September 1943, Mussolini made his first public address to the Italian people since his rescue from arrest by allied German forces, in which he commended the loyalty of Hitler as an ally while condemning King Victor Emmanuel III of the Kingdom of Italy for betraying Italian fascism. [92]
The following day King Victor Emmanuel met Mussolini and informed him that General Pietro Badoglio would lead Italy, as Prime Minister. Mussolini was arrested immediately after the meeting. [2] In September 1943 Mussolini was freed from imprisonment by German commandos and helped to regain power in northern Italy.