Posted on 05/15/2024 11:37:45 AM PDT by Eleutheria5
Beneath the azure skies of the Mediterranean, a dark cloud of tyranny and violence gathered. This was Fascist Italy, a nation where Benito Mussolini's iron-fisted rule smothered the voice of dissent and liberty. It was a time marked by the infamous years between the 1920s and 1940s, where the boot of fascism stomped upon the face of humanity.
One cannot forget the bombing of Guernica on April 26, 1937, a horrific act of aggression during the Spanish Civil War. Orchestrated by the German Luftwaffe with support from the Italian Aviazione Legionaria and the Corpo Truppe Volontarie, which comprised regular army units and Blackshirts from the Fascist paramilitary, this event remains a stark reminder of the brutality of totalitarian regimes. Vividly immortalized in Pablo Picasso's painting 'Guernica', it continues to symbolize the devastation of war.
But the horrors did not end there. Mussolini's conquest of Ethiopia in 1935 was a chapter stained by the indiscriminate use of chemical weapons, such as mustard gas, against combatants and civilians alike. The skies of Ethiopia wept with the poison of oppression, as countless innocents suffered under the tyranny of conquest.
It was in this era of brutality and moral darkness that Haile Selassie, the Emperor of Ethiopia, stood before the League of Nations on June 30, 1936, and voiced a prophecy that would echo through the ages: "It is us today. It will be you tomorrow." These words, a dire warning of the contagious nature of fascist aggression, resonate with chilling clarity. Can you imagine the despair and hopelessness that gripped the hearts of those who suffered under the shadow of fascism?
Join us as we unravel the cruel tapestry of Fascist Italy's atrocities. We delve into a time where ambition and cruelty walked hand in hand, leaving a trail of devastation...
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Mama Mia!
Mussolini didn’t actually even make the trains run on time as the old saying went. He did, however, seriously undercut Operation Barbarossa by sheer incompetence in invading Greece without Funny Mustache Man’s OK. It took a couple of Panzer Corps out of the Soviet effort to dig Mussolini out of that one. Should we celebrate the guy’s sheer buffoonery? He did throw Antonio Gramsci into prison, though, so there’s that...
“The skies of Ethiopia wept with the poison of oppression”
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So Guernica bad. The Red Terror where the communist ‘republicans’ killed tens of thousands of Catholic priests and nuns good??
He also looked like a pompous fool.
It’s an Italian thing.
The man was evil ... there’s no need to rely on manipulated video clips.
The Left does the same thing with Mr. Trump.
Not to mention the Stalinist factions murdering other Leftist groups.
But for NeoCon Regime “conservatives”, cheering on Communists is “true conservatism”.
Yep, no good guys in the Spanish Civil War. Franco was the least worst choice.
It delayed Operation Barbarossa by six weeks. They might have made it to Moscow by winter if they had stuck to the original schedule.
Britain and France kissed Mussolini’s ass in 1938 at Munich and still even after the Germans invaded Poland in 1939 thought Mussolini could help to stop the Germans.
Franco walked a fine line. He kept communists out of Spain (for which communists in America vilified him), and he kept Spain out of WWII.
And saved a lot of Jewish people.
The trains. I thought the people who ran them feared for their lives. The flick with George C. Scott was different.
Viva Franco.
I hated Hitler for his attacks on Western Europe. I had no problem with operation Barbarossa except that he didn’t beat the Soviets.
But the trains ran on time.
Then hate Stalin for allowing Hitler to attack in the west with their non-aggression pact.
I always hate Stalin
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