Mussolini And Franco Similarities

Over time there have been many dictators in the world. Today I will compare and contrast two of them, Fransisco Franco and Benito Mussolini. So let's jump right is with Franco. Franco was a Spanish general who, after the Spanish government began to fail in 1936, took up arms and rebelled against the government. It took him three years, and the help of other famous Fascists such as Hitler and Mussolini, but in 1939, he became the dictator of Spain, or El Caudillo (the leader) as most people referred to him as. Mussolini’s rise to power was a bit different from Franco’s, but it remained relatively the same. In 1919 Mussolini gathered right wing supporters and organized them into the fascist party. Then, Mussolini organized a paramilitary group
Franco had been battling with parkinson's disease for a long time, and was comatose when he died, after his family decided to pull the plug on life support. Franco decided his successor would be Prince Juan Carlos, and two days after Franco’s death, he was given power. Franco expected Juan Carlos to continue on his authoritarian regime, however, he had other plans. Almost immediately Juan Carlos began dismantling the old Spanish government and began transitioning Spain into a democracy. Unlike most dictators, Franco’s oust from power and subsequent governmental shift from dictatorship to democracy was successful and peaceful, however, Mussolini’s oust from power was vastly different. On the July 24, 1943 the Grand Council of Fascism voted against him, and the next day, King Victor Emmanuel III replaced him with Marshal Pietro Badoglio, and ordered his arrest. Mussolini was arrested and put in a remote resort in southern Italy, but German special forces eventually rescued Mussolini. Two years later, Mussolini and his mistress, Clara Petacci, were found trying to get to Switzerland, in order to flee to Spain, by Italian communists. He was then shot and killed, and his body was taken Milan. In Milan, the people shot, kicked, and spat on the bodies. The bodies were then hung upside down with meat hooks and stoned by the crowd. Pietro Badoglio, Mussolini’s successor, decided to join the allied forces, and
Both of these men abused their power and ruled tyrannically over their country for years. One right I noticed they both went after right I noticed that they went after right away was freedom of speech, freedom of press, and all the other first amendment rights guaranteed to us by the constitution. At the beginning of both men’s reigns, they both outlawed labor unions: which are protected under the first amendment in the right to assemble portion. Also, Franco outlawed the speaking of the Catalan and Basque languages which also infringes your freedom of speech. Franco also outlawed every religion except for Catholicism. This also infringes on first amendment rights, and would not happen in our country. The 22nd amendment, which states that a person can only be president twice, would also protect us from having a dictator for