Benito Mussolini using a field-radio set near Naples 1936
Photograph showing Benito Mussolini (1883 - 1945), the Italian dictator, testing a radio set during the Italian Army manoevres of August 1936. On 30th August that year Mussolini broadcast a speech in which he claimed that the Italian army could mobilise 8 million men, with only a few hours notice
Picture No
10218071
Media ID
46006035
Size
3899px x 5836px
(3.5MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Photograph in The Illustrated London News', 5 September 1936, page 385
Date
1936
