Mussolini dreamed of creating an Imperial Italy in his `` Mare Nostrum '' and promoted the fascist project-to be realized in a future peace conference after the anticipated Axis victory-of an enlarged Italian Empire , stretching from the Mediterranean shores of Egypt to the Indian Ocean shores of Somalia and eastern Kenya .
In 1942 Mussolini dreamed to create a Greater Italia in his `` Mare Nostrum '' and promoted the fascist project - to be realized in a future peace conference after the expected Axis victory - of an enlarged Italian Empire , stretching from the Mediterranean shores of Egypt to the Indian Ocean shores of Somalia and eastern Kenya .