Dictators' Hideouts season 1 episode 3
Mussolini’s Underground Refuge
Fueled by narcissism, Mussolini's tenure as "The Duke" led to numerous disastrous defeats for Italy's Fascists. As his losses mounted, Mussolini fled, jumping from one hideout to the next, desperate to find a base from which to survive the second World War. His ultimate solution? A mega bunker in Monte Soratte so advanced that it would go on to act as a NATO base following Italy's defeat in World War II. Would Monte Soratte be enough to protect Il Duce from the Allied onslaught?
