
Count Galeazzo Ciano and his wife Edda Mussolini (public domain via WW2 Database)
75 Years Ago—Jan. 10, 1944: Eighteen Italian Fascist leaders are sentenced to death for opposing Mussolini, including his own son-in-law, Count Galeazzo Ciano; they will be executed the next day.
Wow, being power hungry makes you do awful things! I can’t imagine, killing your daughter’s husband!
Mussolini was certainly ruthless. His daughter Edda fled for her life to Switzerland.