Count Dino Grandi (1895-1988), born in Mordano (BO), Emilia. Joined the fascist squadristi at age 25. Bologna (from Latin Bononia, Bulaggna in the local dialect) is the capital city of Emilia-Romagna in northern Italy, between the Po River and the Apennines. ... Fascism (in Italian, fascismo), capitalized, was the authoritarian political movement which ruled Italy from 1922 to 1943 under the leadership of Benito Mussolini. ...

One of 38 fascist delegates elected, along with Mussolini, in the Spring of 1921 to the Chamber of Deputies. Benito Mussolini created a fascist state through the use of propaganda, total control of the media and disassembly of the working democratic government. ...

After the march on Rome in October of 1922, in which the fascists took power in Italy, Grandi became part of the new government as a member of the foreign office. He was later to become the Italian ambassador to Britain.

As World War II began to have its terrible effect on Italy, Grandi and other members of the fascist grand council met July 24 1943. Grandi put forth a proposal that the King, Victor Emmanuel III take personal command of the government. This would dismiss Mussolini as Prime Minister and Commander-in-Chief of the military. The resolution passed by a vote of 19 to 7, with one abstention. Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km (over 11 miles) into the air, August 9, 1945 after the Allied atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. ... Victor Emmanuel III Victor Emmanuel III (Italian: Vittorio Emanuele III) (November 11, 1869 - December 28, 1947), nicknamed The Soldier, was the King of Italy (July 29, 1900 - May 9, 1946), and claimed the titles Emperor of Ethiopia (1936 - 1943) and King of Albania (1939 - 1943). ...

As the allies occupied Italy, an alternate fascist government was established in north Italy called the Italian Social Republic. It sentenced Grandi to death for treason in a trial that took place in Verona on January 8-10 1944. Grandi since August 1943 (six months before the trial) had fled to Spain, Portugal and until the sixties he lived in Brazil.
He died in Bologna in 1988. Map of Italy showing Verona in the north Verona (population est. ... 1944 was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Bologna (from Latin Bononia, Bulaggna in the local dialect) is the capital city of Emilia-Romagna in northern Italy, between the Po River and the Apennines. ...