Interesting: Musolinni asked Vatican to excommunicate Hitler

[glenn1]

wonder what other interesting tidbits are in the Vatican archives...

 

[Red Dawn]

Musolinni was onre of the few leaders in Europe that wan't to use force to remove Hitler from the Rhineland when he annexed it.

 

[kylebisme]

so it seems he was fighting the good fight but wound up selling out then eh? anyone have more details?

 

[tnitsuj]

Originally posted by: TheSnowman
so it seems he was fighting the good fight but wound up selling out then eh? anyone have more details?

Mussolini was never "fighting the good fight". It was just political maneuverings the year before they signed thier pact.

 

[MAW1082]

From what I have read, Mussolini was always apprehensive about any sort or friendship with Hitler. But in the end, Germany was many times more powerful the poor agricultural country of Italy in the 30s and 40s.

 

[hagbard]

Originally posted by: MAW1082
From what I have read, Mussolini was always apprehensive about any sort or friendship with Hitler. But in the end, Germany was many times more powerful the poor agricultural country of Italy in the 30s and 40s.

Kind of like the relationship between the US and Canada today

 

[konichiwa]

Originally posted by: TheSnowman
so it seems he was fighting the good fight but wound up selling out then eh? anyone have more details?

Itlay is famous for switching sides. Check out WW1, among others.

 

[burnedout]

Great report.

I'm extremely interested in the Vatican documents and archives from 1940-1945. Some reputations will undoubtedly deflate once the historians grab hold of those papers.