Mussolini's Nose Pt 2 Listen to the item Last week we had the extraordinary story of Great Aunt Violet - the slightly un-hinged English woman who shot Il Duce through the nose back in 1926.

Here is Mussolini with a bandage on his nose after an assassination attempt in 1926." In short, because the in-question photograph indeed showed Mussolini after his attempted assassination in 1926 ...

And why did she shoot Mussolini? Skip to Article. Set weather. Back To Main Menu Close. Quick Look- ... Frances Stoner Saunders writes intriguingly about 'The Woman Who Shot Mussolini' ...

Mussolini moved his head as she shot and the bullet grazed his nose. Following her attempt on Mussolini’s life, Ms Gibson was placed in an asylum in England, where she died aged 80 in 1956.

The event, trivial in the sweep of history yet momentous in its immediate context, is lost in the deep mists of time, all but forgotten. It is 10:58 a.m. on April 7, 1926. As the large throng at ...

However, Gibson's attack failed because Mussolini's head turned as she fired the gun, meaning that she only grazed his nose. She tried to fire a second shot, but her gun jammed.

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Mussolini's Nose Pt 2 Listen to the item Last week we had the extraordinary story of Great Aunt Violet - the slightly un-hinged English woman who shot Il Duce through the nose back in 1926.

Mussolini's Nose Listen to the item Almost exactly eighty years ago, at half past nine in the morning, Italian time, Charlie Gibson's Auntie Violet shot Mussolini through the nose.

Mussolini's Nose Listen to the item Almost exactly eighty years ago, at half past nine in the morning, Italian time, Charlie Gibson's Auntie Violet shot Mussolini through the nose.