who was leader of italy during wwii
Mussolini planned for war in 1943-1945. But Hitler started World War II in September 1939, giving only one weekâs warning to the Italians and forcing an enraged, humiliated Mussolini to declare ânonbelligerence.â. Hitlerâs May 1940 successes persuaded Mussolini to intervene in a presumably short, parallel war.