Benito Mussolini had a large impact on World War II. He wasn't always a
powerful dictator though. At first he was a school teacher and a
socialist journalist. He later married Rachele Guide and had 5 children.
He was the editor of the Avanti, which was a socialist party newspaper
in Milan.
Benito Mussolini founded the Fasci di Combattimento on March of 1919.
"This was a nationalistic, anti liberal, and anti socialist movement.
This movement attracted mainly the lower middle class."1 Fascism was
spreading across Europe. Mussolini was winning sympathy from King Victor
Emmanuel III. Mussolini then threatened to march on Rome. This persuaded
King Victor Emmanuel III to invite Mussolini to join a coalition, which
strongly helped him gain more power.
Benito Mussolini brought Austria on Germany's side by a formal
alliance. "In 1937, he accepted a German alliance. The name of this
alliance was the Anti Comntern Pact. On April 13, 1937 Benito Mussolini
annexed Albania. He......
Join Now or Login to view the rest of this paper.
Approximate Word Count: 1916
Approximate Pages: 8 (260 words per double-spaced page) |