Rescuing Mussolini: Gran Sasso 1943 by Robert ForczykRequirements: .PDF reader, 4.1 MbOverview: The successful rescue of imprisoned Italian dictator Benito Mussolini from atop the Gran Sasso plateau by German glider-borne troops on 12 September 1943 was one of the most dramatic Special Forces operations in military history. Arrested by his own officers in July 1943, […]
Mussolini and the Salò Republic, 1943–1945: The Failure of a Puppet Regime by H. James BurgwynRequirements: .ePUB reader, 4 MBOverview: This book is a long overdue in-depth study of the Italian Social Republic. Set up in 1943 by Hitler in the town of Salò on Lake Garda and ruled by Mussolini, this makeshift government was […]
Mussolini’s War: Fascist Italy from Triumph to Collapse, 1935-1943 by John Gooch / Narrated by: Mark ElstobRequirements: .M4A/.M4B reader, 1,16 GbOverview: While staying closely aligned with Hitler, Mussolini remained carefully neutral until the summer of 1940. Then, with the wholly unexpected and sudden collapse of the French and British armies, Mussolini declared war on the […]
Mussolini and the Eclipse of Italian Fascism: From Dictatorship to Populism by R. J. B. BosworthRequirements: .ePUB reader, 3.4 MbOverview: An incisive account of how Mussolini pioneered populism in reaction to Hitler’s rise—and thereby reinforced his role as a model for later authoritarian leadersOn the tenth anniversary of his rise to power in 1932, Benito […]
Mussolini by Martin Clark Requirements: .PDF reader, 1.2 MBOverview: Benito Mussolini was a brilliant Socialist journalist who in 1914 declared war, put himself at the head if the anti-Socialist movement in Italy, manoeuvred himself into power by 1933 and ruled the country until overthrown in 1943. He was a dynamic but insecure personality, who appeared […]