Milan bombings. When Italy surrendered in 1943, German forces occupied most of Northern Italy until 1945. As a result, resistance groups formed. As the war came to an end, the American 1st Armored Division advanced on Milan—but before they arrived, the resistance seized control of the city and executed Mussolini along with several members of his government. On 29 April 1945, the corpses of Mussolini, his mistress Clara Petacci and other Fascist leaders were hanged in Piazzale Loreto. During the post-war economic boom, a large wave of internal migration (especially from rural areas of Southern Italy) moved to Milan. The population
John R. Smith (politician, born 1945) percent). Cain trailed with 6,343 (29.5 percent). Democrat Terry Fowler held the remaining but critical 5,370 votes (25 percent). John R. Smith (politician, born 1945) John R. Smith (born December 29, 1945) is a politician from Leesville, Louisiana, who is a Republican member of the Louisiana State Senate from District 30, which encompasses Vernon, Beauregard, and Calcasieu parishes in western Louisiana. In 2010, Smith switched from Democratic to Republican party affiliation. Smith received both his Bachelor of Science and Master of Business Administration degrees from the Roman Catholic Loyola University in New Orleans. He is a member of the Leesville