Mussolini calls for an end to the war against the Soviet Union

The Italian „Duce“ Benito Mussolini, in view of the difficult situation for Adolf Hitler on the eastern front, calls for ending the war against the Soviet Union. Italian units have also participated in the fighting against the Soviet Union and have already suffered heavy losses. However, Hitler refuses to make peace with Stalin.

© GMA Italian soldiers in their dugout at the front near Wolchow in Russia, 1942