Today in WW II History
World War II History for July 25
1934 - Austrian chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss was shot and killed by Nazis.
1941 - The U.S. government froze all Japanese and Chinese assets.
1943 - Italian Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini was overthrown in a coup.
Benito Mussolini, fascist dictator of Italy, is voted out of power by his own Grand Council and arrested upon leaving a meeting with King Vittorio Emanuele, who tells Il Duce that the war is lost. Mussolini responded to it all with an uncharacteristic meekness.























Podcast - World War II History for July 25 | World War II History
July 25, 2008 at 10:05 am
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