La lunga notte - La caduta del Duce S01E02 - Episodio 2

July 9th. The Americans are landing in Sicily and Federzoni wakes Grandi in the middle of the night to tell him the news. The President of the Chamber therefore wants to speed up and tries in vain to also involve Carlo Scorza, the secretary of the Fascist Party. Princess Maria José of Belgium also takes personal initiative and meets Monsignor Montini to look for a way out and to carve out a leading role for her husband Umberto II of Savoy in the peace operation. The Duce, furious at the landing, orders that all the hierarchs hold rallies in their cities to reawaken national pride but Grandi refuses. Mussolini summons all the hierarchs to Palazzo Venezia, discovering that they agree in asking for the convocation of the Grand Council of Fascism, and orders Ruggeri to arrest Grandi.