Jun 15, 1938; Rome, ITALY; BENITO MUSSOLINI (1883-1945) the Italian dictator and leader of the Fascist movement. (Credit Image: ? KEYSTONE Pictures USA)/ eyevine

Jun 15, 1938; Rome, ITALY; BENITO MUSSOLINI (1883-1945) the Italian dictator and leader of the Fascist movement. (Credit Image: ? KEYSTONE Pictures USA)/ eyevine

Jun 15, 1938; Rome, ITALY; BENITO MUSSOLINI (1883-1945) the Italian dictator and leader of the Fascist movement. (Credit Image: ? KEYSTONE Pictures USA)/ eyevine

Adolf Hitler, left, and Benito Mussolini are shown saluting during their meeting in Italy to weld the Italy-Berlin axis, June 1938. Standing behind, between the two dictators, is Mussolini's son-in-law, Count Ciano. (AP Photo)

Apr 08, 1938; Rome, ITALY; BENITO MUSSOLINI (1883-1945) the Italian dictator and leader of the Fascist movement with his generals while inspecting an Italian Artillery unit. (Credit Image: ? KEYSTONE Pictures USA)/ eyevine

Apr 08, 1938; Rome, ITALY; BENITO MUSSOLINI (1883-1945) the Italian dictator and leader of the Fascist movement marching an Italian Artillery unit. (Credit Image: ? KEYSTONE Pictures USA)/ eyevine

Mar 25, 1938; Rome, ITALY; BENITO MUSSOLINI (1883-1945) the Italian dictator and leader of the Fascist movement on the balcony of the Palazzio Venezia addressing the crowd. (Credit Image: ? KEYSTONE Pictures USA)/ eyevine

Mar 25, 1938; Rome, ITALY; BENITO MUSSOLINI (1883-1945) the Italian dictator and leader of the Fascist movement on the balcony of the Palazzio Venezia addressing the crowd. (Credit Image: ? KEYSTONE Pictures USA)/ eyevine

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/ADOC PHOTOS Victor-Emmanuel III (1869-1947), roi d'Italie avec ?. droite Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini (1883-1945), homme d'Etat italien. 1938. ===== Victor-Emmanuel III (1869-1947), King of Italy with on the right Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini (1883-1945), Italian statesman. 1938. =====

Italian leader Benito Mussolini smiles during a gymnastic display held in celebration of the anniversary of the founding of the Italian Metropolitan Police in Rome, Italy around 1938. STOCK PHOTO (AP Photo)

Italian dictator Benito Mussolini is not often caught by the camera singing. He is joining in the Fascist song when he reviewed Italian troops, in Rome, Italy, on Oct. 20, 1937. (AP Photo)

Italian dictator Benito Mussolini visited General Hermann Goering at his hunting lodge at Schorfheide, near Berlin. From left to right, Emmy Goering; Benito Mussolini, Hermann Goering. Count Ciano, Italian Foreign Minister, is just behind Emmy Goering, in Germany, on Sept. 29, 1937. (AP Photo)

Italian dictator Benito Mussolini drove out to Karin Hall, General Goering's hunting lodge 50 miles north of Berlin, for lunch. From left to right, General Hermann Goering, a Staff Officer and Benito Mussolini, talking at Goering's hunting lodge in Berlin, Germany, on Sept. 28, 1937. (AP Photo)

Italian dictator Benito Mussolini drove out to Karin Hall, General Goering's hunting lodge 50 miles north of Berlin, for lunch. General Hermann Goering, right, and Benito Mussolini, talking at Goering's hunting lodge in Berlin, Germany, on Sept. 28, 1937. (AP Photo)

Italian dictator Benito Mussolini, who is spending some days in Germany, drove out to Karin Hall, the hunting lodge of General Hermann Goering, German Air Minister, at Schorfheide, 50 miles north of this city. Benito Mussolini being greeted by General Goering's wife, Emmy, on arrival at the hunting lodge in Berlin, on Sept. 28, 1937. (AP Photo)

Italian dictator Benito Mussolini drove out to Karin Hall, General Goering's hunting lodge 50 miles north of Berlin, for lunch. From left to right, General Hermann Goering, a Staff Officer and Benito Mussolini, talking at Goering's hunting lodge in Berlin, Germany, on Sept. 28, 1937. (AP Photo)

German Chancellor Adolf Hitler, right, and Italian leader Benito Mussolini stand in the back of a car on their journey from the Heerstrasse Station to the Hindenburg Palace, in Berlin, Sept. 27, 1937. Three quarters of a million people lined the route to cheer the two leaders. (AP Photo)

Italian dictator Benito Mussolini after watching the German Army manoeuvres at Mecklenburg, visited the famous Krupp armament factory in company with German Chancellor Adolf Hitler. Adolf Hitler, left, greeting Benito Mussolini on arrival at Essen, in Germany, on Sept. 27, 1937. (A Photo)

Italian dictator Benito Mussolini was given a tremendous reception when he arrived on his official visit. He witnessed a parade of some 100,000 guards and police, held in his honour. Benito Mussolini and German Chancellor Adolf Hitler, right, stand together on the rostrum during the parade in Munich, Germany, on Sept. 26, 1937. (AP Photo)

Italian dictator Benito Mussolini, right, and German Chancellor Adolf Hitler inspecting a naval and military guard of honour outside the station at Munich, in Germany, after Mussolini's arrival. on Sept. 25, 1937. (AP Photo)