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TIL about Italo Balbo, a high ranking Italian fascist who despised Germans and strongly criticized racial laws, a strong opponent of Italy's decision to join the conflict on Germany's side, his plane was shot down by friendly fire over Libya in 1940, two weeks after Italy joined the war.

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