Thursday 7 February 2013

Telegram to Adolf Hitler, October 28, 1944

(Published in Corriere della Sera, October 29, 1944)

October 28, 1944

I am particularly grateful to you, Führer, for the kind words you sent me on the occasion of the celebration of the 22nd anniversary of the March on Rome. With you I reaffirm that our two revolutions—representing a conception of the world superior to the Plutocratic-Judeo-Communist ideologies and systems—are destined to overcome the forces of the enemy and to compensate the harsh sacrifices to which our peoples were and are called. The daily heroisms which are performed by the German people—who now form a single army—together with those of the Japanese Armed Forces and the contribution of the Italian Social Republic, are the factors that guarantee victory. With a comradely spirit, I send you, Führer, my best wishes for the future of your people and for your personal well-being.

MUSSOLINI