Editing Junio Valerio Borghese (section)

{{Quote|Borghese had a gift for inflammatory rhetoric, but deep down you could tell that the man was full of himself.|Anonymous Italian government official who met with Borghese in the 1960s}}
Don Junio Valerio Borghese (June 6, 1906 - August 26, 1974) was an Italian sailor and fascist politician best known for his role in leading a coup which  

{{Villain Infobox|Image=Jvborghese.jpg|fullname=Junio Valerio Scipione Ghezzo Marcantonio Maria Borghese|alias=The Black Prince

The Frog Prince|occupation=Sailor|skills=Strategy

Manipulation|goals=Suppress anti-fascist partisans in the Italian Social Republic (failed)

Overthrow the Republic of Italy and make himself Duce (failed)|origin=Artena, Lazio, Italy|crimes=War crimes

Attempted coup|type of villain=Fascist Attempted Usurper}}

would have made him Duce, had it gone ahead and succeeded. Born into the noble Borghese family(which included Pope Paul V), he joined the navy and became commander of the 10th MAS (Italian initials: Motoscafi armati siluranti, "Torpedo-armed motorboats") Flotilla during World War II. After the war ended, Borghese continued on in the MSI fascist party. Considering it too moderate, he founded the Fronte Nazionale in 1967 which, together with [[Avanguardia Nazionale]], would be the primary organization behind the coup.