Clara Petacci

Clara Petacci, known as Claretta Petacci (28 February 1912 – 28 April 1945) was the mistress of the Italian dictator Benito Mussolini, and was executed with him by partisans. Mussolini was 28 years older than Petacci. They maintained a long-standing relationship, although she was by no means his only mistress or paramour.

Clara Petacci in The Hot War
In February 1951, with World War III only a few weeks old and already going badly for the U.S. and its allies, President Harry Truman decided to use atomic bombs in East Germany and in the Soviet Union's satellites with the goal of slowing down the Soviet supply line. He even hoped that the attacks might prompt the governments of the various satellites to reconsider their alliance with Russia, or to prompt the citizens of those states to rebel against their pro-Soviet governments. Secretary of Defense George Marshall, while somewhat dubious, did recall the Italians ultimately rose and shot Benito Mussolini, his mistress, Clara Petacci, and Achille Starace.