• PugJesus@lemmy.worldOPM
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    3 months ago

    Explanation: Mussolini was the fascist dictator of Italy during the interwar period and WW2. In a sense, he is regarded as the founder of fascism - or at least its popularized form, as the movement slightly predates Mussolini’s participation in it.

    During WW2, his failures against the Allied armies resulted in his own government removing him - at which point he was ‘rescued’ by Nazi commandos and installed as a puppet leader in northern Italy. Italian partisans eventually found Mussolini, shot him, and then hung his body upside down for everyone to see.

    Get fucked, fascist.