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Mussolini greeting Joachim von Ribbentrop, with the German ambassador to Italy, Rudolf Rahn. April 25, 1944. 10 months earlier, Mussolini was ousted and replaced by Marshal Pietro Badoglio who dissolved Fascist party. The Nazis continued to prop up the powerless dictator for another year. World War 2. (BSLOC_2014_8_174) (KEYSTONE/Everett Collection/)