Benito Mussolini was known for giving boisterous, rabble rousing speeches from the balcony of his headquarters at Palazzo Venezia in Rome. The following is a […]
A Speech by Benito Mussolini (1932)
Italian Troops Enter Addis Ababa (1936)
On May 5, 1936, Fascist Italy’s troops entered a half-abandoned and destroyed Addis Ababa, the capital city of Haile Selassie I’s east African kingdom of […]
“Bella Ciao” (1943-1945)
During the Second World War, as the Allies were making their way northwards up the Italian peninsula, the Italian partisan resistance began carrying out guerilla-style […]