The first of a series of six programmes in which A. J. P. Taylor talks about the great leaders of the Second World War. They were the War Lords - men of incalculable power who dominated both the military and civil affairs of their countries. Mussolini
A. J. p. TAYLOR tells the story of the first of the modern dictators, Benito Mussolini. The son of a blacksmith. Mussolini rose to become the 'Duce of Italy, the conqueror of Abyssinia and / Hitler's ally. His fall was dramatic and ignominious/ Producer EDWARD MIRZOEFF Preview: naae 11
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