A Gallery of Italian Colonialism

Fabio Sappino

by Fabio Sappino
published on 04 September 2025

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Mussolini and Balbo at a Gala Event in Libya

by Unknown Photographer
published on 02 September 2025

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Mussolini and Balbo at a Gala Event in Libya — View Full-Size Image

Italo Balbo (1896-1940) and Benito Mussolini (1883-1945) during a gala evening in Libya. The appointment of Balbo as governor of Libya was, in reality, a move to exile him over fear that his popularity in Italy could threaten Mussolini’s own grip on power.

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