BENITO MUSSOLINI

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Benito Mussolini

Born on July 29, 1883 Lived in Dovia di Predappio, small

town in Italy Family was middle class and

struggled to get by While in school, he became very

disobedient, very violent Graduated from school and became

a teacher

Getting Involed

1904 was when he started pursuing his life in politics

Was a member of the Socialist Party He also created his own form of

socialism, depended heavily on force and personality

1912 he became more appealing when he became the editor of the Socialist Party’s newspaper

More Facts

Mussolini opposed the war with Turkey, he encouraged the workers to sabotage and resist

He was later arrested, tried, and sentenced to five months in prison

After leaving prison, he became even more liked by the public

Only four months later he made an appearance at a national congress of the PSI

There, he made a speech, attacking the moderates

The New Mussolini

After the PSI conference, he achieved oratorical success at a national level

Congress listened to Mussolini’s proposal, and the four reformists were fired from the party

Him along with others, were elected to be the executive committee

Mussolini and Hitler The fascism was used to describe both

Italy and Germany, Hitler and Mussolini When Hitler came to power, Mussolini

was already in the prime of his power They followed the lead of one another

Getting Into the War Mussolini became the youngest prime

minister of Italy in October He became involved in the war to try to

keep Italy safe and to not have to pay for war

He first invaded Ethiopia where he knew they wouldn’t have a chance

Then if he couldn’t reach a peace agreement, Italy had no chance in World War II

When and Why?

Adolf Hitler tricked Mussolini into joining the German government

He thought it wouldn’t cost much fighting the Germans instead of the Allies

During most of Hitler’s battles, Mussolini usually just stood on the sidelines

Secretly he wished that Germany would loose so that he had some room to breathe

Mussolini in Battle He attacked Greece and Albania to repay

Hitler for everything in the 1940’s The allies later attacked Sicily, Mussolini

knew that soon people in the Fascist Government would turn on him

In July, the Fascist Gran Council dismissed Mussolini from office

He came back the next day, denying any thing about it

After the War

After he was dismissed from office, several months later the Germans rescued him

He then returned to his earlier ideas such as, socialism and collectivization

He executed some of the Fascist leaders, who abandoned him

His Death

In April , before the Allies went to Milan, Mussolini and his mistress Clara Petacci was caught by the Italians

The people who caught him were partisans that he tried to refuge in Switzerland

Later him and his mistress were executed, there bodies were hung upside down in a public place