In October 1922, King Victor Emmanuel III appointed Benito Mussolini as the 13th Prime Minister of the Italian state. Between 1919 and 1922, the Fascists had begun to appeal to a larger audience, such as the industrialists, the army and the middle classes, but in 1922 only held 7% of the vote. This means that although support was an important factor in Mussolini’s appointment to power, there were other factors that also had a role in leading to this, such as the weakness of Giolitti’s Liberal government, the role of Socialism and Mussolini’s skill and opportunism. Overall, the growth in support played a very minor role in Mussolini’s appointment to power, and getting the position was mostly due to his ability to manipulate events to his advantage.…
If one was alive and young back at the time of the second great war, which country would one choose to live in? Italy or Russia? Germany or Britain? United States or Japan? It honestly depended on the leaders. During the years of World War 2, there were many leaders; such as Roosevelt, Churchill, Hitler, and the two that were alike in many ways, but were also different are Benito Mussolini and Joseph Stalin. These two were Dictators who ruled over two different countries Mussolini ruled Italy, and Stalin ruled Russia. What did they stand for, did they treated their citizens differently, and what goals did they have? All of these questions will be answered in the following paragraphs, where you can easily tell the differences…
Mussolini became into power by Fascist they soon voted for him to become prime minister for his country. Soon to be he became a dictator he was a Nazi he was called ‘il duce’ meaning the leader. He became allies with Hitler around the 1930. Mussolini tried to gain more power all the times. He wanted to start World War 2 but Hitler started it instead. Mussolini rose…
It was at this time when small, pro nationalist groups began to spread all over Italy under the new name of the fascist party which was under the control of one Benito Mussolini. He swiftly began to increase in popularity and he would stop at nothing to get to the top of the political ladder. This-in conjunction to the rest of his life-can be used to make a judgement on whether Benito Mussolini was a man who cared for the renewal of his country and or if he believed that all men were expendable for his well-being. Many historians have come to the conclusion that he was a vein man of evil as he invaded defenceless nations such as Ethiopia in the name of establishing fascism within East Africa. He became the accomplice of Adolf Hitler thereby disregarding the Jewish people. And finally his lust for power and greed brought about the timely fall of his fascist empire. Therefore, it can be said that Benito Mussolini was a vile and self-righteous…
In a fascist state, there is a one party authoritarian dictatorship that attempts to control every aspect of the lives of its citizens. Benito Mussolini and his Fascist National Party were relatively successful in establishing fascism within Italy from 1924 to 1943. With the help of Mussolini’s “secret police” (the OVRA), the Fascist National Party-- the “black shirts”-- controlled the economic, political, and social aspects of society in Italy. One of the many social aspects that was controlled was the size of the population. Through the use of legislations, speeches, and media the italian fascists attempted to eliminate the liberal evolution of women and create a class of women that were subordinate to men and eager to produce a new generation of fascist youth. Even though there was support for this new population policy, there was resistance from some women along with statistics and economic realities making their population policy a failure.…
At political rallies, Mussolini had the charisma and stature to win over crowds, despite the content of his speeches being filled with contradictions, incorrect facts, and outright malicious in intent. Fascist squads and militias referred to as “black shirts”, often terrorized political enemies in the name of Mussolini, although were not officially organized by him initially. With the government weakened from the war, and Fascist black shirts attacking local governments, Mussolini rose to power. In October 1922, around 30,000 black shirts gathered in the “March on Rome” to demand the resignation of the Prime Minister. On October 29, 1922, the king named Mussolini as the the youngest Prime Minister in Italian history. Once Mussolini and the Fascist party gained power, they used their majority to pass new laws giving Mussolini the right to rule by decree, giving him total and complete…
To some extent, Mussolini’s ability to secure and increase his power in 1919-1928 was due to the weaknesses of his political opponents. However, Mussolini’s strengths were also an important part in doing this. Mussolini was able to increase his power from 1922-1928 through his strategy, his ability to obtain Rule by Decree, the establishment of the Grand Council of Fascism and the fact that he had the support of powerful groups. He also used various violent tactics, which meant the Fascists had the power of the state behind them. However, Mussolini’s opponents were very weak. This is demonstrated in the failure of the Aventine succession and the weaknesses of the Liberals and the Socialists.…
Benito Mussolini and Mao Tse-tung were both influential totalitarian leaders in their own right. Both were revolutionaries, visionary or otherwise, and booth loosely followed a similar pattern of leadership and control, though with some deviations to allow for incongruent circumstances.…
In Mussolini 's youth, Italy was experiencing domestic instability due to the election of new parties to Parliament. The majority left-wing socialists were so fragmented that they could come to no compromises and caused Parliament to remain stagnant. The people of Italy were fed up with a king who did nothing, a Parliament that could pass nothing, and a corrupt lower government. Mussolini started his political career as a socialist, and even wrote for a socialist newspaper (all copies of which strangely disappeared from Italian libraries upon Mussolini 's ascension to power), but soon realized that there was more popular support for a party on the right. A very few fascist groups had been formed in Italy, but no official party had yet emerged. Mussolini used his journalistic influence, and a great deal of propaganda, to bring people 's opinion into line with his own and to gain prestige in the community. Mussolini later claimed that he created the fascist party, and could therefore destroy it if he so desired. Stalin also joined the socialist party, but unlike Mussolini remained a member until his death. Socialism was already a well-established political party in Russia led by V. I. Lenin (1870-1924) himself. Stalin maneuvered himself close to Lenin and eventually gained his favor, although not without opposition. Hitler rode the wave of…
What is a leader? Some would say it’s a person who has integrity, who can make a decision when needed, someone who is strong and has confidence. It also may be someone who can learn from their mistakes and be able to use them to better their actions in the future. The list can go on and on. So, how did Winston Churchill become so powerful?…
However Mussolini did achieve a totalitarian state in some respects. For example, his use of propaganda was successful in propagating the idea of the ‘Cult of the Duce’, a campaign with the aim of almost deifying Mussolini and giving him abnormal qualities, such as always being right, being able to do anything, and having endless physical strength. Posters and photographs with Mussolini, frequently shirtless, were plastered everywhere, his speeches were played on the radio and his brilliance was ingrained into school children due to the propaganda. This was important as it meant that in the eyes of the Italian citizens, Mussolini was the best man to lead the country and so, as a result, they supported him fully and this rendered all opposition inferior, and this consolidated Mussolini’s position. Through the use of propaganda, Mussolini successfully entrenched his superiority in the minds of Italians, skilfully creating a totalitarian state by making himself the only leader that the people would want.…
Benito Mussolini was the first political leader to officially adopt fascism, but it spread extremely slowly. Only Germany and Italy in Europe replaced their parliamentary procedures with fascism, although other select nations like Japan, South Africa, and Brazil also adopted fascism. The primary appeal of this ideology was its ability to inspire national unity. By scapegoating leftist politics as the root cause of their social and political problems, fascists like Hitler…
Mussolini was a very popular leader and an ally of Adolf Hitler, whom he inspired with his actions. Because of his actions, time came when Hitler became more popular and had more power than Mussolini, and this resulted in some major conflicts between Italy and Nazi Germany. “Mussolini became a close ally of German dictator Adolf Hitler, whom he influenced. However, he never enjoyed the level of popular support that Hitler at times attracted in Germany, and as soon as it was clear to the people of Italy that they were losing the war, they turned against the dictator.” (“Benito Mussolini”). Mussolini was a very charismatic person enabling him to influence Hitler, and these actions had later consequences involving the people of…
In his early years at the helm of the NSDAP, Hitler was a great admirer of Mussolini. The Nazi leader was particularly fascinated with Mussolini’s ‘march on Rome’ – a 1922 protest where thousands of fascists and fascist supporters strode into the Italian capital, which led to Mussolini’s appointment as prime minister. In 1923 Hitler wrote to his Italian counterpart about the ‘march on Rome’; the Munich putsch…
It is applicable through a number of factors that Mussolini utilised terror and depended on these measures in order to gain control over Italy. He organised a secret police called the OVRA, whereby dissidents were spied upon and severely beaten up as well as often being imprisoned without trial. This created much fear for citizens and opponents, leading them to be faithful to Fascism, and so Mussolini was able to take control of Italy by asserting terror and punishment. Often, a few individuals would be assaulted to remind other that conformity is the safest option, which meant that many would go along with Fascist ideas to avoid abuse. Fascist squads estimated to have murdered 2,000 opponents by 1926 due to the ban of political activity outside the Fascist part and imposition of press censorship. These killings were a demonstration for others that if you went against Mussolini and the Fascist party, you would be severely punished, which repelled many from going against Fascism and thus giving Mussolini control.…