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The birth of Mussolini
Benito Mussolini was born on the 29th of July 1883. Included here is a picture of his childhood home. -
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The Life of Mussolini
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Mussolin with his mother
Mussolini's mother was a teacher while his father was a blacksmith. His father belived in Marxism. -
Mussolini's schoollife
Mussolin was a very bright yet extremely misbehaved student. -
Mussolin's crimes
Mussolin moved to Switzerland for a time. In 1903 he was arrested for supporting a violent general strike and again in 1904 for problems with his immigration papers. -
Mussolini as a socialist
In 1912 due to the influence of his father's political beliefs throughout hid childhood Mussolini joined the Socialist Party. -
Expulsion from the Socialist Party
Mussolini was editor of the Italian Socialist newspaper Avanti. Mussolini suppoerted Italy being in World War 1 which led to his expulsion from the Socialist Party. -
Mussolini founds Il Popolo d'Italia
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Mussolin in the army
Mussolini was hurt in an accident involving a grenade during a training exercise. Despite healing in a few weeks he never returned to the army and instead went back to Italy so as to continue his paper. -
Fascism
Mussolini founded his own party: Fasci Italiani di Combattimento. -
The March on Rome
In 1922, the Italian government collapsed again. Mussolini demanded that King Victor Emmanuel III that his party form the next government. Tens of thousands of Mussoilini's supporters marched on Rome to show their support in Mussolini. King Victor panicked and decided against using the military on the fascists. Victor made Mussoilini Prime Minister. -
As Prime Minister
- Mussolini created the OVRA, a secret police force.
- In 1923, he passed the Acerbo Law which stated that the party with the greatest number of seats would automatically win two thirds of the seats in the parliament.
- Due to violence and intimidation, in 1924 Mussolini's National Fascist Party won the general election.
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Dictatorship
Mussolini removed the King's power to dismiss government ministers, banned any other political parties, and established complete censorship of the press. He now referred to himself as Il Duce(The Leader). -
Corporate State
Musssolini spilt each area into different areas. Government officials, employers, and workers now decided how to run each area. Trade unions were banned and it was illegal to go on strike.To solve the high unempolyment Mussolini began massive public projects. Included is a picture of Fascist Headquarters. -
The Lateran Treaty
Mussolini signed the Lateran Treaty in 1929. This recognised Catholicism as the state religion of Italy and organised the creation of an independent Vatican state. -
The Invasion of Ethiopia
The Italian Empire invaded the African country of Abyssinia(modern Ethiopia). In May 1936, the Italians sucessfully conquered the country. The League of Nations had tried to stop Mussolini but due to their lack of an army Mussolini paid them no heed. -
Intervention in the Spanish Civil War
Mussolini sent troops to assist the Dictator of Spain General Franco in the Spanish Civil War -
The Roman-Berlin Axis
Mussolini reluctantly allied himself with Adolf Hitler. -
Entering the War
Convinced that World War II would be over soon Mussolini announced that Italy would enter the war on the Axis side. Mussolini set his sights on France and Great Britain. -
The end of Mussolini's reign
Mussolini was stripped of his position of Dictator by King Victor due to Italy's great loses in the war. He was then arrested. -
Mussolini freed
German troops freed Mussolini from prison. Mussolini now served directly under Hitler. -
Espace attempt
Mussolini tried to escape to Spain with his msitress Clara Petacci. They were arrested by communist partisans. -
Execution
Mussolini and Petacci were executed the following day. There bodies were hung among thise hung in Milan so as to discourage fascists.
