Benito Mussolini and Clara Petacci executed and hung for the public
Benito Mussolini and Clara Petacci executed and hung for the public On April 28, 1945, disgraced fascist dictator Benito Mussolini was brutally executed by Italian partisans in the village of Giulino di Mezzegra. When Benito Mussolini, the tyrannical ruler of Fascist Italy before and during World War II, was executed on April 28, 1945, it was only the beginning. Angry crowds strung up his corpse, spat on it, stoned it, and otherwise desecrated it before finally laying it to rest. And to understand why Mussolini’s death and its aftermath were so brutal, we must first understand the brutality that fueled his life and reign. Inside Benito Mussolini’s Rise To Power Benito Mussolini took control of Italy thanks to the pen just as much as the sword. Born July 29, 1883, in Dovia di Predappio, Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini was intelligent and inquisitive from an early age. In fact, he first set out to be a teacher but soon decided that career wasn’t for him. Still, he voraciously read...