In the winter of 1944, the Allied powers had already landed in Southern Italy and were pushing north. It became obvious the ...

At the outset of World War II, Benito Mussolini sought to revive a new Roman Empire through rapid expansion across North Africa and the Balkans. Instead, a series of poorly prepared offensives exposed ...

CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — A giant portrait of Benito Mussolini hovered over the “Snow Stadium” — on the exact same grounds where the curling arena for the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics now ...