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Some rare pics of Mussolini

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  1. The Alerted Beast

    The Alerted Beast Member

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    Here's some rare pics of Mussolini, although anyone interested in Italy's history of the period might have seen them. By the way, I have hundreds of Il Duce pics, but Gaming Guru Mussolini's avatar pic is my favorite among all.

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    Benito and his mother in 1883.

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    Benito at Predappio, the school that his mother was one of its teachers, 1889.

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    In his early 20s.

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    1904, second Bresagilieri regiment.

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    In Oneglia, March 1908, as a French language teacher.

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    Corporal Mussolini after his successful knee surgery, 1917.

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    November 10 1918, giving speech as Il Popolo d'Italia's editor-in-chief for the victory march at Milan.

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    1922, as a master fencer. He learned fencing in army.

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    October 18 1922, representing Italy at the Treaty of Lausanne.

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    1925, playing his favorite instrument, the violin.
     
  2. The Alerted Beast

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    1933, with Primo Carnera, boxing heavy weight champion.

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    1934, swimming in the Adriatic.

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    11 April 1935, with Ramsay MacDonald and Pierre Laval.

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    1936, founding Cinecittà.

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    In Tripoli on march 1937. He is raising a Florentine sword dedicated to him by Arabs.

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    At Les plages de Riccione. He really liked his topless photos but Hitler didn't like them at all.

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    With Neville Chamberlain, Lord Halifax, And Galeazzo Ciano attending Verdi's Falstaff on January 12 1939.

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    With Hitler in a flight over the Russian front on 1941. Since he insisted, Hitler and the pilot Baur allowed Il Duce to control the aircraft.

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    With Skorzeny after his rescue on September 12 1943. Mussolini called it the most daring and romantic escape in history.
     
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  3. belasar

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    I have seem some of them before, but not all. The baby picture explains a lot :)
     
  4. RRA227

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    Nice pics! Rich A. in Pa.
     
  5. Mussolini

    Mussolini Gaming Guru WW2|ORG Editor

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    I think the baby picture was pretty standard at the time.I think even up until relatively recently babies often wore 'female' clothes.

    Despite my username, I have never read a biography of the man. It would be interesting to read, I imagine...I wonder what events in his life lead him to become a sex-addict not afraid of raping women. I am sure it all ties into his ego and 'Il Duce' mentality.
     
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    Chill, Chill. It was just a joke :)
     
  7. The Alerted Beast

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    I have read a few books about him, but I recommend Mussolini: The Rise and Fall of Il Duce by Christopher Hibbert (2008) and Mussolini by Denis Mack Smith (1982). Mack Smith's is very detailed and is a comprehensive chronicle of Mussolini's life, while Hibbert's looks deep into his psychological states and complexities.
     

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