335: Pay Him in His Own Coin


Pietro Badoglio.

Benito Mussolini became irked by Adolf Hitler’s military move into Romania, and that he had not been consulted, or even informed.

He set out to prove that Italy was also capable of taking military action without informing Berlin, by beginning a war with Greece.

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Fanfare

Opening War Theme

Violin Concerto in F Major “Autumn”
Composed in 1723 by Antonio Vivaldi. Public domain.
Performed by John Harrison. Performance used pursuant to a Creative Commons CC BY-SA 3.0 license. Source.

Closing War Theme



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