Heinemann Notes Benito Mussolini sifted through various careers in the years before World War One. He became a teacher for a while‚ skipping from one teaching job to the next but had always been a skilled journalist and founded his own paper Popolo D’Italia. In 1919 he held at meeting in Milan which was attended by 200 people-mostly ex-servicemen and left-wing revolutionaries. These people later became known as ‘the Fascists of the first hour’. The Italian government‚ in the long term‚ was not
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that the Italy should enter the World War II. The reasons why Italy should enter the World War II were Benito Mussolini would like to make a strong‚ new Italian state modeled after the ancient Roman Empire，there was a treaty between Italy and Germany and the economy of Italy became worse after World War I. The first reason why I believe that Italy should enter the Would War II was Benito Mussolini
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did Mussolini turn Italy into a totalitarian State? Benito Mussolini was born in 1883‚ and was Italy’s Fascist leader until his death in 1943. He was the son of a socialist blacksmith so he grew up with strong left-wing beliefs. Like his father‚ Benito too joined the Italian Socialist Party. After a brief period as a teacher‚ Mussolini began to concentrate on journalism and became the editor of “Avanti”‚ the paper of the Socialist Party. In 1912‚ with the outbreak of the war‚ Mussolini had
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was very unsatisfied about it because they didn’t get the territories which they were promised. Some people think it was right for Italy to enter the WWII while some people didn’t think so. Italy entered WWII for 3 reasons. The first reason is Benito Mussolini‚ who just came to power and became the leader of Italy‚ decided to turn Italy into a new Roman. The second reason is Italy had ambitions to conquer other countries like Ethiopia and Albania and also seize territories from France in retaliation
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Mussolini – the Cult of Personality Throughout history there have been many leaders who have formed a cult of personality--that is‚ commanded intense devotion and an almost God-like worship from their followers. Such a following is advantageous especially in times of war‚ where citizens can easily be rallied to defend their leader and take down the “evil enemy”. Leading up to World War 2‚ multiple fascist leaders—Adolf Hitler‚ Benito Mussolini‚ Josef Stalin‚ Francisco Franco--were able to establish
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In spite of having very conflicting views‚ the practices of both Communism and Fascism shared many similarities with each other. Driven by their ideologies Stalin‚ under Socialism‚ and Mussolini‚ under Fascism‚ used these ideas to advocate and carry out their own policies. However‚ it is important to realise that many areas of their policies did veer away from the direction of their original ideologies. This shows that‚ although Stalin’s and Mussolini’s policies were decided largely by their respective
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specifically in Italy. Fascist regimes such as Italy in the early twentieth century introduced policies that would wind back the progress of women in society in addition to damaging the welfare of the country itself. Under the rule of the fascist‚ Benito Mussolini‚ Italian women were directly subjected to discrimination in their professional and private lives. Ideologically‚ fascism is difficult to classify. It is too often considered to be the absolute opposite of communism‚ and that assumption
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training and by 1912 there were only 300‚000 men in the Italian Army. Over 5.2 million men served in the Italian Army during the First World War. Italy’s total wartime casualties was 420‚000 killed and almost 955‚000 wounded. After the war Benito Mussolini attacked Vittorio Orlando for failing to achieve Italy’s objectives at the Versailles Peace Treaty and helped to organize the various right-wing groups in Italy into the Fascist Party. The next prime minister‚ Francesco Nitti‚ also came under
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The invasion of Abyssinia took place in 1935-36 when Benito Mussolini‚ the Italian dictator invaded Abyssinia with no apparent reason. It was a diplomatic crisis which showed the league was weak and was one of the biggest failures‚ if not the biggest which ended Europe’s peace and allowed Italy to become more fascist and in the end to ally with Germany‚ dividing Europe in two and becoming two of the most powerful countries in the time. Mussolini wanted to develop a modern roman empire and gain colonies
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conflicts through negotiation or agreement. This created more cooperation between the employers and employees and encouraged them to maximize their production. Ultimately‚ this policy failed because it ensured Mussolini success but not the state as a whole. Many Italians were bitter towards Mussolini because he allowed and encouraged the Black Shirts to beat up and attack people who were against him. The corporations were mostly controlled by Fascists who pushed aside the worker’s interests. Disputes between
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