The incredible story of how Italian dictator Mussolini's car wound up in New York — and was forgotten about for 21 years
Feb 11, 2015
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By 1945, things weren't looking good for Italian fascist dictator Benito Mussolini.
He was deposed by the Grand Council of Fascism, arrested by the Italian king, and had just escaped imprisonment with the help of German special forces. Mussolini was headed north with his mistress, Clara Petacci, presumably to seek asylum in Switzerland.
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