Italy On This Day

Key moment in World War II brought heavy casualties A British landing craft unloads tanks and troop carriers on to the beach at the start of...

Communist who eventually allied with Mussolini Nicola Bombacci led the Italian Communist Party Nicola Bombacci, who was executed with Fascis...

Ex-Mussolini minister who fought with Allies Giuseppe Bottai met Mussolini for the first time at a Futurist rally in Rome Giuseppe ...

Big-screen star who conquered television too For many years, Raimondo Vianello was host of Sunday night sports show Pressing Raimond...

Writer chronicled the story of Fascism in Italy Pino Rauti was a prominent figure in far-right Italian politics for 64 years Pino Ra...