The specialist in the history of fascist Italy, Pierre Milza, suggested that none other than British Prime Minister Winston Churchill ordered the murder of the Italian Duce, Benito Mussolini. At the time of the death of the fascist leader, Churchill was just a few kilometers away, spending a short vacation in Italy under a false name.
Milza in his new book entitled He considers "Mussolini's last days" "likely" that the British prime minister has not yet gone on vacation to the South. "It is known that a number of chests of documents and treasures, which the Service may have previously accessed, have been thrown into the lake," explains the author, now a lecturer at the Institute of Political Sciences in Paris. So was Churchill behind the attack on Mussolini? "We can't rule out this theory completely," states Milza.
Recall that, according to the official version, Mussolini and his lover Clara Petacci were captured and then shot by members of the Italian communist partisans. This story, however, has long raised doubts. For example, in 2004, a documentary was shown in Italy in which the Italian partisan Bruno Lonati testified that he belonged to a "team of two" assigned to get rid of the steam. Lonati claimed his companion was a British agent code-named Captain John - in fact Robert Maccarone.
But why would Churchill want Mussolini's death so earnestly? According to Milza, because of… compromising letters in which a British politician spoke warmly about fascism before the war. In the 1920s and 1930s, Churchill did indeed publicly declare his fascination with Mussolini. Once he even said:"Fascism served the whole world ... If I were Italian, I would probably support you without limit." Milza explains that this approach was acceptable in 1927, but not later, when fascism allied with Nazism by participating in the Nazi genocide program. "When you are the head of state and the acclaimed war hero of the British people, you really don't like this to come to light," concludes the historian.
Is Milza's theory plausible? In history, almost nothing is impossible, and yet there is no shortage of speculations about attacks ordered by the British authorities during World War II (and not only). For years, Polish authors have been wondering if this was not the cause of General Sikorski's death. Only that Churchill's fascination with fascism is no secret. It is well known about him and this issue has entered the neo-fascist and neo-Nazi propaganda for good. Besides, Churchill had many other sins on his conscience, and somehow he did not try to silence people who knew about them. Besides - what is the point of clandestinely (sic!) Arranging an attack and arriving at the place earlier?
Source: The Telegraph