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As for the Chi, or X, which Constantine declared he had seen in a vision leading him to champion the Christian faith, that letter was the initial of the word "Christ" and had nothing to do with "the Cross" (for xulon, "a timber beam, a tree," as used for the stauros, see under...
From the beginning the war went badly for Italy, and Mussolini’s opportunistic hopes for a quick victory soon dissolved. Mussolini was obliged to face the fact that he was the junior partner in theAxisalliance. It was to “pay back Hitler in his own coin,” as Mussolini openly admitted,...