Today in World War II History—January 10, 1944
Wednesday, January 10, 2024 by Sarah Sundin
Count Galeazzo Ciano, 1936, and Edda Mussolini Ciano (both photos public domain via Wikipedia)
80 Years Ago—Jan. 10, 1944: Eighteen Italian Fascist leaders are sentenced to death for opposing Mussolini, including Count Galeazzo Ciano, husband of Mussolini’s daughter, Edda; they will be executed the next day; Edda Ciano escaped to Switzerland the day before with Ciano’s war diaries; she will be secretly interned in a convent, and the diaries will be published.
