German Chancellor Adolf Hitler, right, and Italian dictator Benito Mussolini saluting at the Temple of Honour, where Il Duce laid a wreath in honour of Nazi dead during his visit to Munich, on Sept. 25, 1937. (AP Photo)

Amidst scenes of great enthusiasm Italian dictator Benito Mussolini left Rome for Munich by train. Mussolini inspecting a guard of honour before leaving Rome for Munich by rail, on Sept. 24, 1937. Count Ciano, Foreign Minister, is on left. (AP Photo)

Italian Premier-dictator Benito Mussolini, center on horseback, addresses some of the troops from Italian Africa who are encamped on the outskirts of Rome, Italy, May 5, 1937. They are in Rome preparing for the celebration of the first anniversary of the Italian Empire, founded May 9, 1936. (AP Photo)

Italy's Premier Benito Mussolini, stripped to the waist, rests between ski runs in Terminillo, Italy, Feb. 1, 1937. (AP Photo)

German Air Minister General Hermann Goering leaning out of his special coach on the Berlin train for a last world with Italian dictator Benito Mussolini as he left Rome, on Jan. 23, 1937. (AP Photo)

German Air Minister General Hermann Goering, left, arrived in Rome, Italy Jan. 13, 1937, and was greeted by Italian Premier Benito Mussolini, second left, on his arrival. Goering's wife Emmy, right, stands next to Count Ciano, Italian Minister for Foreign Affairs. (AP Photo)

Italian dictator Benito Mussolini taken when he paid his annual visit to the embryo cities of Littoria and Sabaudia, Italy, on Dec. 20, 1936, which he has founded in the one-time Pontine Marshes. There he inaugurated new buildings and presented prizes to the most successful farmers. (AP Photo)

May 10, 1936; Rome, ITALY; BENITO MUSSOLINI (1883-1945) the Italian dictator and leader of the Fascist movement with VICTOR EMMANUEL. (Credit Image: ? KEYSTONE Pictures USA)/ eyevine

Premier Benito Mussolini marches out into the rain during the 2,698th anniversary of the birth of Rome, Italy, on April 21, 1936. (AP Photo)

Italy's Premier Benito Mussolini operates a tractor plow as he officiates at the founding new City of Aprilia on the site of former wasteland at the Pontine marshes in Italy, April 1935. (AP Photo)

Italy's Premier Benito Mussolini, center, stands with an arm over the shoulders of his two sons, Bruno, left, and Vittorio during the young Fascists' Festival in Rome, Italy, March 14, 1935. (AP Photo)

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/ADOC PHOTOS Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini (1883-1945), homme d'Etat italien faisant les moissons. 1935. ===== Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini (1883-1945), Italian satesman doing harvest. 1935. =====

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/ADOC PHOTOS Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini (1883-1945), homme d'Etat italien s'adressant ?. la foule ?. Rome (Italie). Vers 1935. ===== Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini (1883-1945), Italian statesman during a speach in Rome (Italy). Ca. 1935. =====

Benito Mussolini, Italian dictator, speaks at the dedication ceremonies of Sabandia, central Italy, on Sept. 24, 1934. (AP Photo)

Benito Mussolini as he appeared in the uniform of the Italian Bersaglieri during the latter part of the world war, Aug. 6, 1934 in Italy. (AP Photo)

Dictators Adolf Hitler of Germany and Benito Mussolini of Italy greet each other as they meet at the airfield in Venice June 14, 1934. Il Duce and his fascists put on a great show for der Fuhrer, but on the details of their subsequent conversations there was little news. (AP Photo)

German dictator Adolf Hitler, left, and Italian dictator Benito Mussolini meet at the airfield in Venice, Italy, on June 14, 1934. (AP Photo)

Dr. Engelbert Dollfuss, the "pocket" Chancellor of Austria, flew to Riccione on the Italian coast for an interview with Benito Mussolini. The Duce was swimming, so Dr. Dollfuss hired a boat, picked him up, and they both went into conference undisturbed on the water. In this image Dr. Dollfuss on left, and Signor Mussolini walk ashore on the beach in Riccione, Italy after their conference on the water on August 24, 1933. (AP Photo)

Italy's Premier Benito Mussolini, on horseback, salutes as he reviews troops in Rome, Italy, June 2, 1933. (AP Photo)

Jan 10, 1933; Rome, ITALY; BENITO MUSSOLINI (1883-1945) the Italian dictator and leader of the Fascist movement. (Credit Image: ? KEYSTONE Pictures USA)/ eyevine