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Mussolini and his followers gathered in Rome to storm the prime minister. They took power from the king and started to form a new government.
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Italy leaves the League of Nations to ally with Germany.
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Italy and Germany signs the military alliance known as the "Pact of Steel" officially creating the Axis Powers.
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Declaring war on France and Britain exposed weakness in the Italian military.
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Mussolini was overthrown and imprisoned by his own Grand Council and was later rescued by German forces.
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Mussolini attempts to escape with his lover, Claretta Petacci, but was caught by Italian partisans. Both the bodies of Mussolini and Petacci were hung upside down on display in a Milan plaza.