How Did Mussolini Take Place

The events which took place in between the years of 1943 and 1945 signified the downfall of the fascist party in Italy and it’s leader, Benito Mussolini. The events which took place were many, due to the Pact of Steel between Germany and Italy, Mussolini seeked the luxuries of victory during World War Two as he depended on Germany to invade all of the European mainland. After Germany invaded France, Mussolini believed Great Britain was to be the next target and played a small part in the Battle of Britain. Italy lost against the British and Greek forces in Egypt and Albania on September of 1940. The hopes of military conquest and glory were now starting to seem bleak and Italy’s army was failing. As well as Italy high dependency on Germany for raw materials and military control. What Italy’s army was failing to do was fixed by the German army. If Italy was to gain anything in the war was Germany’s success and not because of Italy’s forces. The major defeat of German forces in Stalingrad by the Russian military showed signs of failure from Germany. If Germany went down, Italy would be
Support of Italy in the war was increasingly declining due to the many losses of men on the Eastern front of Russia. Food shortages all over Italy were now common due to the low resources brought by the war effort. The Allies had started to bomb mainland Italy and factories as well, causing Italy to become unable to sustain fighting. As the Allies were now entering from the South of Italy and the Nazis were invading from the North, the government and Italian people now turned against Mussolini and his fascist party, as it brought great suffering and a poverty stricken, war torn Italy behind. The numerous amounts of Italian defeats in the war showed the failure of fascism in Italy. While the Italian forces were struggling to hold territory and win against the allies, German influence grew inside the country and not only in the war