European theatre of World War II major German forces in the west were encircled and trapped in the Ruhr. On April 27, 1945, as Allied forces closed in on Milan, Mussolini was captured by Italian Partisans. He was trying to flee Italy to Switzerland and was traveling with a German anti-air battalion. On April 28, Mussolini and several of the other Fascists captured with him were taken to Dongo and executed by firing squad. The bodies were then taken to Milan and unceremoniously strung up in front of a filling station. Hitler, learning of Mussolini's death, realized that the end had finally come. He remained in
European sexuality leading up to and during World War II European sexuality leading up to and during World War II The years leading up to World War II (and during the conflict) saw great changes in the sexual habits of European societies. In the occupation years as the French dealt with their humiliating defeat and surrender, the morality of sex in the Vichy occupation changed. In his book "1940–1945, The Erotic Years: Vichy, or, the Misfortunes of Virtue" Patrick Buisson talks about “erotic shock ... or exploring new territories of pleasure." After the occupation he writes about French prisoners bedding local German girls, while back in their homeland French women