training and by 1912 there were only 300‚000 men in the Italian Army. Over 5.2 million men served in the Italian Army during the First World War. Italy’s total wartime casualties was 420‚000 killed and almost 955‚000 wounded. After the war Benito Mussolini attacked Vittorio Orlando for failing to achieve Italy’s objectives at the Versailles Peace Treaty and helped to organize the various right-wing groups in Italy into the Fascist Party. The next prime minister‚ Francesco Nitti‚ also came under attack
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Benito Mussolini established a dictatorship in 1926‚ 3 years after forming the National Fascist Party. His goal back then was to destroy any political opposition against him and to create a powerful totalitarian state. In Mussolini’s time in politics‚ he searched for many ways to empower the state because of his fascist beliefs of nationalism. Italians followed his orders because they believed in him and the cult of personality; they believed the Duce was always right. He created new regulations
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Desire to return to Italy’s former glory Emergence of Mussolini Mussolini Creates Fascist Party [1921] Fascists appealed to the landed classes due to their attack on socialists‚ catholic unions‚ and peasant leagues. Mussolini gained support from elites and liberal politicians. Fascist Party win 35 seats in elections Fascist Party grows to 300‚000 members March on Rome: Mussolini was pushed into March on Rome where Italo Balbo told Mussolini: “We are going‚ either with you or without you”. Fascists
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History Introduction: In the two decades following World War I‚ most of the world was swept up in economic depression. During the 1920’s and 1930’s‚ most nations attempted to cope with the problems of the post-war economy and uncertainties‚ with the U.S. stock market crash exacerbating the problem. The war ravaged nations of Europe had become dependent on financial help from America; however‚ U.S. economic policies made it increasingly difficult for European nations economies
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Initially‚ both Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler had the same desire to make their nation a respected and economically solid Great Power. Mussolini wanted to return Italy to its glory days of the ancient Roman Empire. A strong economy and a united state were necessary for both countries in case of the outbreak of another war. WWI left both Germany and Italy with severe economic problems‚ which soon turned into social problems such as high unemployment and inflation - issues which had to be dealt
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Haille Selassie “Haile Selassie was an emperor of Ethiopia whose influence as an African leader far surpassed the boundaries of his country. Although his popularity declined near the end of his sixty-year reign‚ Selassie remains a key figure in turning Ethiopia into a modern civilization.” In 1931 Selassie began to develop a written constitution (a system of basic laws of a country) to symbolize his interest in modernization and intention to increase the power of the African government‚ Haile
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Mussolini´s Italy Topic 1: Which of the two methods used within Fascist Italy are most useful and most convincing? What strategies work better than others and why? Essay 1: Examine the methods of propaganda used within Fascist Italy. Which do you think are most useful and most convincing? What strategies do you think work better than others and why? Propaganda can be defined as “information‚ ideas‚ or rumors deliberately spread widely to help or harm a person‚ group‚ movement‚ institution
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the Italy should enter the World War II. The reasons why Italy should enter the World War II were Benito Mussolini would like to make a strong‚ new Italian state modeled after the ancient Roman Empire，there was a treaty between Italy and Germany and the economy of Italy became worse after World War I. The first reason why I believe that Italy should enter the Would War II was Benito Mussolini
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a suffering nation of Italian people. Although Fascism grew quickly with an optimism of ending great economic and social turmoil‚ Mussolini’s Fascist ideologies eventually lead to an isolated nation. By further exploring the history of Benito Mussolini and his radical Fascist ideologies‚ it is easy to comprehend the attraction of such a concept‚ especially during times of immense suffrage. One factor not taken into consideration is an inherent fundamental human principle; a person’s aspiration
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enslave them. However‚ his totalism ideology had a positive hidden impact on Italy. This is because his regime oversaw Italy transform from a respected‚ second-tier state to a modernized nation with great power affectations. Apologists debate that Mussolini was an active leader due the inept liberal government he replaced‚ Italy’s legacy of class division that he created and the hard economic times that the relatively poor country experienced during the period between the wars. Therefore‚ even though
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