Benito Mussolini Mussolini was rescued from captivity in the Gran Sasso raid by German paratroopers and "Waffen-SS" commandos led by Major Otto-Harald Mors. Adolf Hitler, after meeting with the rescued former dictator, then put Mussolini in charge of a puppet regime in northern Italy, the Italian Social Republic (, RSI), informally known as the "Salò Republic". In late April 1945, in the wake of near total defeat, Mussolini and his mistress Clara Petacci attempted to flee to Switzerland, but both were captured by Italian communist partisans and summarily executed by firing squad on 28 April 1945 near Lake Como. His body was
The Witch Who Came from the Sea the era. Brett Gallman from "Oh, the Horror" wrote, "For all its glib asides, "The Witch Who Came from the Sea" leaves the haunting image of a woman undone by a world that never lived up to the fantasies inside of her television set." Casey Scott from "DVD Drive-in" called the film "an unsung psychological gem" among 1970s exploitation films. Chris Coffel from "Bloody Disgusting" gave the film a score of 4/5, writing, ""The Witch Who Came from the Sea" is a movie people need to see. Again it’s not horror in the typical sense, though it was a video