Benito Mussolini
Benito Mussolini
Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini was born on July 29, 1883 in Predappio, Italy. His father was a blacksmith which meant Mussolini lived in the poor areas of Italy. He was named Benito after Mexican socialist reformer Benito Juarez. Because of how much his father was into socialism, Mussolini himself became a socialist further in his life. He became a teacher for a while but in 1902, left Italy to go live in Switzerland. This move of his was to avoid army service. While in Switzerland, he got involved in a socialist party but also got arrested twice for doing socialist violent strikes and was deported to Italy once. In 1904 he decided to return to Italy and served two years in the army. In 1906, he went back to teaching. While being a teacher, he was also a journalist in many newspaper. He would write socialist articles, stories, and even wrote a few books. In January 20, 1910, a novel he co-wrote with Santi Corvaja was published but due to his anticlerical material, the Vatican made a truce with Mussolini and the book stopped its publication. By 1911, he became editor of the Local Socialist Party newspaper and raised its sales from 20,000 to 100,000. When World War I happened, Italy didn’t want to get involved but Mussolini wanted Italy to get involved. He saw this as an opportunity to rise but the party didn’t thought the way he did and expelled him. After this, he created a movement called Fascism which had Nationalist and Socialist ideas. Most of his group was formed of unemployed war veterans. He organized them into a group called the “Black Shirts” which would mostly terrorize anyone against Mussolini. In 1921, they were invited into a coalition government. This was a very bad move because now, Italy’s government was a complete chaos. The Black Shirts decided to go march in Rome to gain power. Mussolini said he was the only one capable of ruling and controlling the country. By 1922, King Victor Emmanuel gave in and made Mussolini prime
Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini was born on July 29, 1883 in Predappio, Italy. His father was a blacksmith which meant Mussolini lived in the poor areas of Italy. He was named Benito after Mexican socialist reformer Benito Juarez. Because of how much his father was into socialism, Mussolini himself became a socialist further in his life. He became a teacher for a while but in 1902, left Italy to go live in Switzerland. This move of his was to avoid army service. While in Switzerland, he got involved in a socialist party but also got arrested twice for doing socialist violent strikes and was deported to Italy once. In 1904 he decided to return to Italy and served two years in the army. In 1906, he went back to teaching. While being a teacher, he was also a journalist in many newspaper. He would write socialist articles, stories, and even wrote a few books. In January 20, 1910, a novel he co-wrote with Santi Corvaja was published but due to his anticlerical material, the Vatican made a truce with Mussolini and the book stopped its publication. By 1911, he became editor of the Local Socialist Party newspaper and raised its sales from 20,000 to 100,000. When World War I happened, Italy didn’t want to get involved but Mussolini wanted Italy to get involved. He saw this as an opportunity to rise but the party didn’t thought the way he did and expelled him. After this, he created a movement called Fascism which had Nationalist and Socialist ideas. Most of his group was formed of unemployed war veterans. He organized them into a group called the “Black Shirts” which would mostly terrorize anyone against Mussolini. In 1921, they were invited into a coalition government. This was a very bad move because now, Italy’s government was a complete chaos. The Black Shirts decided to go march in Rome to gain power. Mussolini said he was the only one capable of ruling and controlling the country. By 1922, King Victor Emmanuel gave in and made Mussolini prime