Benito Mussolini ruled Italy from 1922 until 1943. [File] Monday marked 80 years since Italian dictator Benito Mussolini was killed in an Italian village towards the end of the Second World War in 1945. The following day, his body was publicly desecrated in Milan. Benito Mussolini wearing military uniform with braid on shoulders, medals, and chain with medallion on chest, fur hat.Il Duce, as Mussolini was known, was Adolf Hitler’s inspiration. Given the scale of Hitler’s atrocities, our image of fascism today has largely been shaped by Nazism. Yet, Mussolini preceded Hitler. Il Duce, as Mussolini was known, was Hitler’s inspiration. Today,…