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Milan and the Lakes : 1945: Mussolini Executed

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1945: Mussolini Executed

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  • Mussolini’s fascist regime ended after his alliance with Hitler put Italy on the losing side of World War II. As the Allies drew closer Mussolini fled with his mistress. They were caught by partisans and shot on Lake Como, their bodies later strung up on Milan’s Piazzale Loreto and stoned.

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