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Brutal Friendship: Mussolini, Hitler and the Fall of Italian Fascism

Using source materials from summit conference records on the Axis side to private correspondence, police files and spy reports, Deakin writes a narrative history that reads like a psychological thriller, vividly detailing the intense relationship between the two notorious despots and its fatal consequences.

Audience
adult
Length
epic · 912 pages

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