Dongo

Italy / Lombardei / Tremezzo /
 village, commune - administrative division
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During the last days of the war in Italy, Dictator Benito Mussolini attempted to escape the advancing Allied Army by hiding in a German convoy headed toward the Alps. Partisans stopped and searched the convoy at Dongo. They found him in the back of a truck wearing a private's overcoat over his striped general's pants. The partisans took him prisoner and he was later joined by his mistress, Clara Petacci, at Mezzegra.
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Coordinates:   46°7'25"N   9°16'47"E
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