November 10

Munich, Germany • November 10, 1942 On this date in 1942, just 2 days after Allied landings in Vichy French-held Morocco and Algeria (Opera­tion Torch), Itali­an dicta­tor Benito Musso­lini sent his son-in-law, foreign minis­ter Gale­azzo Ciano, to Munich in his stead to speak with Adolf Hitler. Musso­lini had wanted to meet the Fuehrer in Salz­burg, in…

Munich, Germany · November 10, 1942 On this date in 1942, just 2 days after Allied landings in Vichy-held Morocco and Algeria (Opera­tion Torch), Itali­an dicta­tor Benito Musso­lini sent his son-in-law, foreign minis­ter Gale­azzo Cia­no, to Munich in his stead to speak with Adolf Hitler. Mussolini had wanted to meet the Fuehrer in Salz­burg, in the…