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mahatmakanejeeves

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Fri Jul 25, 2025, 07:57 AM Jul 2025

On this day, July 25, 1943, the Grand Council of Fascism voted a motion of no confidence against Benito Mussolini.

I didn't know that. I thought he was in charge right up until he and the lovely Mrs. Mussolini his mistress were hanged in 1945.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/July_25

• 1943 – The Grand Council of Fascism voted a motion of no confidence against Benito Mussolini, who was arrested the same day by King Victor Emmanuel III and replaced by Pietro Badoglio.

Thu Jul 25, 2024: On this day, July 25, 1943, the Grand Council of Fascism voted a motion of no confidence against Benito Mussolini.
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On this day, July 25, 1943, the Grand Council of Fascism voted a motion of no confidence against Benito Mussolini. (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2025 OP
I lived in the UK in the early 70's, my school teacher,Mr McCrory, was a British soldier in Italy and saw Mussolini Shellback Squid Jul 2025 #1

Shellback Squid

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1. I lived in the UK in the early 70's, my school teacher,Mr McCrory, was a British soldier in Italy and saw Mussolini
Fri Jul 25, 2025, 08:50 AM
Jul 2025

hanging in the market, he never mentioned his wife hanging there, history not so long ago

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