Recall, after Mussolini was first imprisoned, and held in a mountain stronghold, Hitler sent a team of special forces, lead by the renowned Otto Skorzeny, who successfully freed him. The fascists had arbitrarily executed many of their opponents during their reign, and when he was recaptured by anti-fascist partisans, they summarily executed his entire part after a brief drumhead trial, and displayed his corpse in a site that had been one of the Fascists favorite execution places.