Photo, above: Mussolini in Trieste, 1935.  The Italian General Alessandro Pirzio Biroli and Commander of the Bersaglieri in Ethiopia WWII, with Benito Mussolini in civilian clothes and several high-ranking general grade officers also visible in this photograph, which was taken on the occasion of the victories in Ethiopia. Long, inscribed dedication, signed and dated in Trieste in 1935. The Italian dedication and date are shown in extreme close-up here.

JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW

Hour One

Saturday  4 May 2013 / Hour 1, Block A: Cry Havoc: How the Arms Race Drove the World to War, 1931-1941 by Joseph Maiolo  (1 of 4)

Saturday 4 May 2013 / Hour 1, Block B:   Cry Havoc: How the Arms Race Drove the World to War, 1931-1941 by Joseph Maiolo  (2 of 4)

Saturday 4 May 2013 / Hour 1, Block C: Cry Havoc: How the Arms Race Drove the World to War, 1931-1941 by Joseph Maiolo  (3 of 4)

Saturday 4 May 2013 / Hour 1, Block D:  Cry Havoc: How the Arms Race Drove the World to War, 1931-1941 by Joseph Maiolo  (4 of 4)

Hour Two

Saturday 4 May 2013 / Hour 2, Block A:  A Higher Call: An Incredible True Story of Combat and Chivalry in the War-Torn Skies of World War II by Adam Makos and Larry Alexander  (1 of 4)

Saturday 4 May 2013 / Hour 2, Block B:  A Higher Call: An Incredible True Story of Combat and Chivalry in the War-Torn Skies of World War II by Adam Makos and Larry Alexander  (2 of 4)

Saturday 4 May 2013 / Hour 2, Block C:   A Higher Call: An Incredible True Story of Combat and Chivalry in the War-Torn Skies of World War II by Adam Makos and Larry Alexander  (3 of 4)

Saturday 4 May 2013 / Hour 2, Block D:   A Higher Call: An Incredible True Story of Combat and Chivalry in the War-Torn Skies of World War II by Adam Makos and Larry Alexander  (4 of 4)

Hour Three

Saturday 4 May 2013 / Hour 3, Block A:  The Storm of War: A New History of the Second World War by Andrew Roberts  (1 of 4)

Saturday 4 May 2013 / Hour 3, Block B:  The Storm of War: A New History of the Second World War by Andrew Roberts  (2 of 4)

Saturday 4 May 2013 / Hour 3, Block C: The Storm of War: A New History of the Second World War by Andrew Roberts  (3 of 4)

Saturday 4 May 2013 / Hour 3, Block D:  The Storm of War: A New History of the Second World War by Andrew Roberts  (4 of 4) 

Hour Four

Saturday 4 May 2013 / Hour 4, Block A:  Two Roads to War: The French and British Air Arms from Versailles to Dunkirk by Robin Higham  (1 of 2)

Saturday 4 May 2013 / Hour 4, Block B:  Two Roads to War: The French and British Air Arms from Versailles to Dunkirk by Robin Higham  (2 of 2)

Saturday 4 May 2013 / Hour 4, Block C:  Pacific Air: How Fearless Flyboys, Peerless Aircraft, and Fast Flattops Conquered the Skies in the War with Japan... by David Sears  (1 of 2)

Saturday 4 May 2013 / Hour 4, Block D:   Pacific Air: How Fearless Flyboys, Peerless Aircraft, and Fast Flattops Conquered the Skies in the War with Japan... by David Sears  (2 of 2)

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