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 Woman Who Lived him for his failure. Afterwards, the Doctor explains that Swift may or may not have been rendered immortal by the chip as its power could have been drained when closing the portal which the Doctor makes up while talking to Me. He also reveals that Captain Jack Harkness, one of his former companions, is immortal like her and suggests that she should get along with him. Me states that she will remain the Doctor's friend and will look after those that the Doctor leaves behind. Back in present-day Britain, Clara shows the Doctor a selfie taken by one of her