Word: ils
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Wants. Next step of Il Duce in his new frame of mind was to make perfectly clear that Italy's minimum aims remain in time of war what they were in peace: 1) Djibouti; 2) representation on the board of directors of the Suez Canal Co.; 3) guarantees for the Italian minority in Tunisia. He made it equally clear that anything above minimum would be in no sense repugnant to Italy...
Thereupon Premier Mussolini and Count Ciano punked the fuse of an extraordinary chain of diplomatic firecrackers. Italian envoys popped up all over Europe. Il Duce and his son-in-law played faction against faction, until no nation could be sure whether he was coming or going. At first the Allies were favored. Insulting press attacks on the Allies, particularly on Great Britain, were toned down; so was praise of the Axis. Friendly Giuseppe Bastianini was appointed Ambassador to the Court of St. James's. Trade talks with a British delegation were nurtured...
...have most of his coal and burn Ribbentrop too. Last week he had everyone utterly bewildered. There was talk of sending an Ambassador back to Moscow, even though Premier Molotov was making such aspersive remarks about Italy's Albanian grab that the Italian press would not print them. Il Duce moved to renew the British trade talks, and French Premier Reynaud had a long and apparently pleasant talk with Ambassador Raffaele Guariglia. But as French Ambassador André François-Poncet returned to Paris, L'Oeuvre commented: "It's not a secret that he didn...
...capitalize on the possibility for such a convenient brand of European federation, Hitler invited Il Duce to Brennero fortnight ago. There are good grounds to believe that Herr Hitler proposed...
Despite the magnificent performance of political juggling Il Duce has put on in the last six months, Italy's future may not coincide with Benito Mussolini's personal desires. Reason: he still wants to fight-today, tomorrow, any time; and his people, who are not and never have been fighters since the days of Charlemagne, want to stay out-for keeps...