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Birth
Born as Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini. In Predappio, Italy. Mother was Rosa; a catholic school teacher and his father was Alessandro a blacksmith. -
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The Life and Time of Benito Mussolinj
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Childhood
Benito grew up with very harsh disipline and hardly any affection, 15 miles away from Forli in the of Romagna. -
Became A Member of The Socialist Party
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Got his Diploma
At the age of 18, he got his Diploma Dimastro. -
He exiled himself to Switzerland
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Returned to Italy
Engaged in politics full time -
Emerged in the Socialist Party Congress
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Deserted Socialist Party
He crossed to the enemy camp, the Italian bourgeoisie. He founded an independent newspaper; Popolo d'Italia afterwards. -
Injury
Wounded in traning exercises. -
Elections
He ran in the parliamentary elections but was defeated. -
Head of the Italian Government
He led Italy into 3 successive wars, the last of which overturned his regime. His term ended in 1943. -
Ethiopian War
Creation "Italian Empire" in 1936 -
Spanish Inervention
He led the Intervention. -
World War Two
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War Ended
Italy lost it's war due to being badly supplied and impossible led. -
Invasion
DRove Italy deeper into tragedy of invasion, occupation and Civil War during 1944- 1945. -
Death
Struggled to live. His life was taken by a partisan firing squad