Hitler and Mussolini

The Nazis of Germany politically and militarily allied with the Fascists of Italy, this was an obvious scenario in Europe. The Italians were governed under Benito Mussolini in the year 1925, while the Germans were ruled by Hitler in those days. It is quite said, and a fact accepted by Hitler himself was that the Fascism in Italy was much like an elder brother to the Nazism in Germany.

Irrespective of their ideologies being similar, the relationship of Hitler and Mussolini was filled with complexity too. They were much more concerned about their own individual countries than firmly supporting each other as any allies would do.  Their allied relation was much like a marriage of convenience rather than being an alliance of sister states. We are going to know further about them in detail in this very section, also we are going to answer some interesting questions like “how did Mussolini die?” let us get started!

Mussolini Aligns with Hitler 

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This will be predominantly in the point of arguing that Germany and Italy had less common in reality, but yet Mussolini aligns with Hitler as moreover, they had common enemies and more importantly, they shared the same aim of wanting to prove themselves as supreme powers in Europe. Thus, their alliance was a means of achieving their ambitious and aggressive foreign policies in the European continent. The relationship which was formed between Italy and Germany, and also between the two powerful leaders that are the Mussolini–Hitler relationship was quite complex and intricate as both these nations used to manipulate their enemy nations as a means of maximizing their own political interests.

restrictions that were imposed by the Treaty of Versailles, and they incorporated it with Italy and Germany were spiraled together by the effects and consequences of Mussolini’s conquest in Abyssinia. Later Hitler had marched into the Rhineland and they had joint endeavor in the Spanish Civil War, however, the relations that were maintained was very formal and cautious during that war period. 

Yet as a result of these direct events, Hitler and Mussolini found comfort in each other and hence they became increasingly ostracised from their international community alignment. Thus, it can be said that their alliance was made in the essence of the alliance which was based on the considerations of political matters. It was more than a durable and fraternal association. Yet, this is not ascertained that the political cannot have a durable alliance and it cannot co-exist in a wider environmental sense, however, for the need of this alliance, Germany and Italy, both these nations found it too difficult to gage any fraternal link. 

The relationship of Hitler Mussolini became even more steady and intimate in the early times of 1936, most notably following Mussolini’s conquest of Abyssinia. After the war broke out in Abyssinia in October in the year 1935, Mussolini was interested to suggest an improvement in the German-Italian solidarity which was in regard to the creation of a closer type alliance.

Additionally, Germany’s role in the country of Abyssinia is very much reflective of Hitler’s attitude towards the nation Italy. He helped in supplying the Italians with weapons and coal, hence she secretly also had supplied arms to Emperor Haile Selassie for the defense system against the Italian invasion. Hereby lengthening the war and installing a double policy, Hitler could easily distract Great Britain and France away from his own way of aggression with the foreign policy plans (which was to remilitarise the Rhineland troops of the army) and thereby they possibly distract Mussolini from his ambitions which were regarded to the forthcoming Anschluss, this was something the Italians which they had vehemently opposed to it. Furthermore, to give them an additional time which would conquer Italy’s markets within the Balkans place. However, this is quite ironic that Hitler too wanted Italy to be victorious in the war hence Britain and France would eventually isolate Italy and thus drive Mussolini with Hitler’s Germany, and with a consequence, they would increase Italy’s dependence on the nation Germany as an ally. 

Also, this is to be acknowledged that, Mussolini used Hitler in his own power when the game undertook a double policy of assuring the alliances which will be done by both Britain and France and that of Germany. When Germany had complained about his double policy, Mussolini begged them that they would not be too offended if he had to tell lies in the London treaty. However, keeping in mind the degree of formality in which Mussolini had pursued with Britain and France can be quite questioned as in the late as 1936 London and Paris, both were unwilling to publicly break a deal with Italy when she had dishonored the League of Nations. 

Thus, from this content, we see that Britain and France were actually the enemies for both Germany and Italy, although privately, Britain in particular, was much appreciated for the importance of having one of these nations as an ally nation which however Britain was aware that an alliance with the Italy or Germany was not publicly possible to maintain.

Did You Know? 

1. How did Mussolini die?

Ans: The stories about the death of Mussolini are quite controversial. The autopsy report says that the dictator was executed by the firing squads.

2. When did Benito Mussolini die?

Ans: On the 28th of April in the year 1945, he was shot dead by soldiers while firing several bullets. Four of the bullets pierced his heart which caused the immediate death of Mussolini. 

The bodies of Mussolini and Petacci were hung upside down at the Piazzale Loreto in the state of Milan and were displayed for the crowds to kick and spit on them, as they were a disgrace. After their death, one day later Hitler committed suicide and Germany surrendered.  

Mussolini was said to be buried in an unmarked grave, which was unearthed in the year 1946 by the Fascist supporters, who took the body to a convent in the Lombardy region. The government recovered it and interred it in a monastery near Milan.

Mussolini’s wife had earlier petitioned to have the body moved from the grave in Milan to a family mausoleum in Predappio in the year 1957. In 1966, she received an envelope that contained a piece of her husband’s brain. The American diplomat who handed the envelope to her claimed that the Americans had taken Mussolini’s brain in order to study what makes such a dictator like him. She had this relic placed in his tomb, which receives 100,000 visitors in a single year-round.