Evaluate the successes and failures of Mussolini’s domestic policies By 1925‚ Mussolini had achieved a totalitarian regime‚ but now he needed to spread fascism into every area of life for the Italians‚ “everything within the State‚ nothing outside the State‚ nothing against the State”. As a Dictator with clear aims‚ Mussolini tried to replace all past policies with new ones which would help to achieve his fascist ideologies; these included the various economic “Battles” and the establishment of
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empire. In 1935 Mussolini achieved one of these aims by taking over Abyssinia‚ this increased his colonial empire. He was able to achieve this because of Britain and France’s ever increasing pre-occupation with Hitler’s Germany. Because Britain didn’t want Mussolini to unite with Hitler they allowed him more freedom so didn’t stop Italy from using the Suez Canal‚ which would have at least slowed down Mussolini’s efforts of taking over the country. Another event caused by Mussolini that was expansionist
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hurt the Italians pride and Mussolini wanted revenge. Mussolini also had his eye on the fertile lands and mineral wealth of Abyssinia. Mussolini believed that to be a great leader he needed military victories and lots of glory and conquest. He wanted to expand his empire and he thought that Abyssinia was the perfect place. What happened?In December 1934 there was a dispute between Italian and Ethiopian soldiers at the Wal-Wal oasis (80 km inside Abyssinia). Mussolini took his chance and he claimed
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political career. As a Socialist‚ Mussolini was expected to promote the neutrality of Italy in the war‚ which he initially did. In the Socialist paper‚ Avanti‚ Mussolini declared that Italy should remain neutral‚ as Italy had not started the war‚ and it would sacrifice many working class lives. However‚ Mussolini’s view on intervention soon changed (at least publically)‚ as he began to express pro-interventionist writings in Avanti. In October 1914‚ Mussolini
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values‚ and even took Mussolini to socialist party meetings. Mussolini was seemingly raised to get into politics‚ and would eventually become an active socialist himself. In 1912‚ Mussolini became an editor for a newspaper called “Avanti!”‚ and used his position and influence to further spread socialist principles. Mussolini quickly gained popularity among his readers‚ and circulation for the newspaper doubled. Initially opposed to Italy’s intervention in World War One‚ Mussolini changed his mind when
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reach for dictators and concentrated government power.” In Germany‚ Italy‚ and Japan‚ the awful economic‚ political‚ and racial conditions leading up to World War II gave rise to three of the modern world’s fiercest dictators. Adolf Hitler‚ Benito Mussolini‚ and Hideki Tojo have gone down in history for all the wrong reasons‚ and they will forever be remembered for the dark stain they have left on history. Adolf Hitler‚ possibly the most infamous of dictators‚ is one of the most known figures in history
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Nazi Germany’s obvious political and military ally in Europe was Italy. The Italians had been governed by a fascist regime under Benito Mussolini since 1925. Italian fascism was very much the elder brother of Nazism‚ a fact Hitler himself acknowledged. Yet for all their ideological similarities‚ the relationship between Hitler and Mussolini was bumpy and complex. The alignment of their two countries was consequently not as firm as many anticipated. By the late 1930s Germany and Italy had become military
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Mussolini’s and Hitler’s Rise to Power Mussolini and Hitler both seemed as if they were going to save their countries when they were in need. Italy was rising in unemployment and inflation which cause social unrest. A newspaper editor and politicians named Benito Mussolini boldly promised to rescue Italy by reviving its economy and rebuilding its armed forces. As for Germany‚ most Germans ignored Hitler and his angry message until the Great Depression ended the nation’s brief postwar recovery
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Italy in the 1930’s caused difficulty to some Italians during that time period. During the 1930’s a large number of Italians who had opposed the fascist rule of Benito Mussolini arrived in the United States. After the news spread in Italy about the bombing of Pearl Harbour almost all Italians supported the war against Benito Mussolini. At this point‚ Italy was slowly becoming under the Nazi rule‚ the significance of a woman’s role in Italy was emphasised as they were expected to accept the fascist
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Mussolini in Power Treatment of Religious groups in Italy Religion was a vital part of Italian society in the earlier 20th Century‚ Mussolini himself said that the Pope “represented 400 million people scattered (throughout) the world”. This meant that the pope and religion posed a massive influence on Mussolini’s rule and exercised a lot of power on all classes. Mussolini himself was atheist like his father and believed that science was made to prove religion wrong and that Jesus was a
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