Benito Mussolini (WL)

Benito Mussolini is a secondary antagonist in ''Warring Legends' World War II. ''He was an Italian politician, journalist and leader of the National Fascist Party, ruling the country as Prime Minister from 1922 to 1943.

Death
On April 1945, with allied troops advancing into northern Italy and the collapse of the Salo Republic iminent, Benito and his mistress, Clara Petacci, set out for Switzerland, intending to board a plane and escape to Spain. Two days later on 27 April, they were stopped near the village of Dongo by communist partisans Valerio and Bellini, and identified by the Political Commissar of the partisans' 52nd Garibaldi Brigade, Urbano Lazzaro. During the time Clara's brother posed as a Spanish consul. After several unsuccessful attempts to take them to Como they were brought to Mezzegra. They spent their last night in the house of the De Maria family. The next day, Benito and Clara were both summarily shot, along with most of the members of their 15-man train, primarily ministers and officials of the Italian Social Republic.