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To: PzLdr
Mussolini was taken with it on one of his trips to Germany [1938?].

Close. Here is a link to only the second 70-year-old article I posted, Jan. 28, 1938.

1/28/38

ROME, Jan. 27. – One unexpected effect of the visit by Premier Benito Mussolini to Germany last September was seen today when, much to everybody’s surprise, the goosestep was performed for the first time in the annals of Italian military history by 2,000 Black Shirts reviewed by Mussolini.

12 posted on 02/23/2010 6:48:10 AM PST by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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To: Homer_J_Simpson; PzLdr

I remember that one. I found an Italian procession doing the Goosestep for the January picture for the 1938 year in review thread.


21 posted on 02/23/2010 10:22:05 AM PST by CougarGA7 (In order to dream of the future, we need to remember the past. - Bartov)
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