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kleinbl00 · 1446 days ago · link · · parent · post: 75 years ago, my great Uncle Sgt. Weldon Reynolds witnessed the collapse of fascism in Italy I posted audio of his recollections and some photos he took
John Toland spends several chapters with Mussolini in The Last 100 Days. If I recall correctly there were three different factions of partisans looking for him and a lot of behind-the-scenes dickering as to what would be done with him. After several hours the leader of the faction holding him decided to cut through the bullshit and sent an executioner; the rest of the factions then insisted that execution was their idea all along.