Il Duces Gamble: Italys Struggles, 1938-1941

Published: May 3, 2023, 2 a.m.

Italian dictator Benito Mussolini desired to create a \u201cNew Roman Empire.\u201d In the 1920s, he strengthened Italy\u2019s control over Libya, and in 1935, he ordered the invasion of Ethiopia, adding it to his empire the next year. Between 1939 and 1941, Italy...