Word: mussolini
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Italians breathed more easily. Italy is not pro-Ally. But she is even less pro-German. In his pro-German Axis policy Dictator Mussolini represents virtually a one-man minority in Italy. A much more popular figure of the moment is King Vittorio Emanuele, who went Ally last time and who received a great ovation at the Roman opera last week...
...German Foreign Minister saw Mussolini twice, Count Ciano several times, paid his respects to His Majesty. His visit would have been a complete frost had he not also had a pre-arranged date with Pope Pius XII. Vatican and Nazi relations have long been just about as unfriendly as they could be. They have been even more unpleasant than usual since the Nazis' harsh treatment of Catholics in conquered Poland. The Pope, moreover, has made it pretty clear that on the moral issue he is with the Allies...
Born. To Aviation Captain Bruno Mussolini, 22, second .son of II Duce, and Gina Ruberti Mussolini, 22: their first child, a daughter; in Rome. Name: Marina...
Salvemini discounted the possibility of a rupture between the Duce and Hitler as a result of an ideological clash after the Russo-German treaty; "Mussolini is never deterred by ideology," he said...
Emphasizing that the German-Italian treaty still survives, Salvemini added that a long war and the eventuality of a German victory may cause Mussolini to join Hitler in order to share in the spoils. "Mussolini remains benevolently neutral toward the German cause," he concluded...