Speech in Milan, December 17, 1944

By Benito Mussolini

If any of our multicolored enemies—and I say 'multicolored' because allied to a few white bastards are men of all other races—if any of them had witnessed the parade held today on Via Dante, they would realize that despite the dullness of this autumn, the great spring of the Fatherland is imminent. I can feel it in your enthusiasm; I can see it in your eyes.

I know that the echo of these demonstrations has already reached the ears of the legionaries of the four Italian divisions that were trained in Germany under a strict discipline and a strong preparation, and who are ready to liberate the soil of the Fatherland.

Each of you must be like a soldier and do your best to deliver: all and everything for Italy!