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Defining Moment · 81 years ago today
Execution of Benito Mussolini
Italian Communist partisans executed former dictator Benito Mussolini, his mistress Clara Petacci, and several Fascist leaders near Lake Como. Their bodies were transported to Milan and hung upside down at a gas station, photographs of the scene were published worldwide and reportedly influenced Hitler's decision to commit suicide two days later.
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