Today in World War II History—January 10, 1944

Count Galeazzo Ciano, 1936, and Edda Mussolini Ciano (both photos public domain via Wikipedia)

80 Years Ago—Jan. 10, 1944: Eighteen Italian Fascist leaders are sentenced to death for opposing Mussolini, including Count Galeazzo Ciano, husband of Mussolini’s daughter, Edda; they will be executed the next day; Edda Ciano escaped to Switzerland the day before with Ciano’s war diaries; she will be secretly interned in a convent, and the diaries will be published.

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