How Did Benito Mussolini Rise To Power

Throughout the course of history, people of power and wealth have led countries through good times and bad. As it is obvious to the public eyes, some leaders are better than others. Past and present, leaders exist who infringe human rights, throw their country into a humanitarian downfall, and abuse their power. Benito Mussolini, an Italian dictator, and Francisco Franco, a Spanish dictator, were among the worst heads of government during the 20th century. By taking away citizens’ freedoms and leaving their country in ruins, these leaders did the opposite of what they promised to their willing country. Benito Mussolini was the Fascist dictator of Italy from 1922-1945. Growing up, Mussolini took after his father’s well preached beliefs. Mussolini’s
Hitler invited Mussolini to the safety of Nazi Germany and began to seize and command Northern Italy, ordering his troops into the country. Meanwhile, the Allies made their way into Italy through the Southern most point of Sicily. Italy surrendered to the Allies immediately and together, the powers worked to push Germany out of the country and to find Benito Mussolini who deserted his country during the war. After finding him hiding out in Northern Italy, his own countrymen shot and killed him. His body was hung by his feet and he was paraded around town. The proceeding parties all pushed Socialist ideas. Today, Italy is a democratic
Unlike Mussolini, Franco’s abuses were not justified under his political beliefs. The major right that Franco abused was the freedom of speech and petition. From the beginning of his rule Francisco Franco despised opposing political parties. He believed they caused unrest and were not qualified to hold positions of power like he was. During his time as a ruler, masses of Republicans were exiled from their home country. Among them were doctors, lawyers, nurses, and professors. For quite a while, Spain lacked in skilled workers, which severely hurt the country. If members of the Republican party refused or were not able to flee the country, they were slaughtered. Experts say that anywhere between 15,000 and 50,000 political opposers were killed during his time in government. Franco also implemented his police force, nicknamed the “Greys”, to insure that rules were being followed properly. He also had a fleet of regularly-dressed officers whom he used to spy on citizens to seek out potential rebellion and unrest. He not only took away individual’s voices and privacy, but also their culture. One universal language was permitted in Spain. Using any language other than the one permitted was considered illegal. If anything was written in something different that Castilian Spanish, it was considered informal and not accepted. Also not permitted under rule of Francisco Franco were “impure” parts of the Spanish culture. He