Benito mussolini

Benito Mussolini

  • Birth

    Birth
    Birth of Benito Mussolini to an Italian Socilist in Predappio, Italy
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    Benito Mussolini

  • Becoming a Teacher

    Became a teacher in a primary school- actual date unknown
  • Emmigration

    Emmigration
    Made a speech to commemorate Garibaldi(not the biscuit) and was later deported to Switzerland. Was a stonemason and studied philosophers ideas
  • Arrested

    Arrested
    In 1903, he was arrested by the Bernese police because of his advocacy of a violent general strike, spent two weeks in jail, was deported to Italy, set free there, and returned to Switzerland.- Date unknown!
  • Military Service

    Military Service
    Served for the Italian military for one year and in 1906 returned to teaching
  • Trento

    Trento
    Became socialist secretary in Trento (Austria- Hungary) Date Unknown
  • Eviction

    Eviction
    Evicted from Italian Socialist party for waning World War 1
  • Injured

    Injured
    Injured in a trench bomb and when discharged from hospital and resumed his editor-in-chief position at his new paper, Il Popolo d'Italia
  • Facism Starts

    Facism Starts
    Mussolini starts the facist party
  • March On Rome

    March On Rome
    The march on Rome happened and Mussolini was declared as prime minister even though he went by train
  • Il Duce

    Il Duce
    Gives himself title of Il Duce meaning Leader
  • Acerbo

    Acerbo
    Mussolini made the Acerbo Law- It granted a two-thirds majority of the seats in Parliament to the party or group of parties which had obtained at least 25% of the votes
  • Balila

    Balila
    Youth Movement made
  • Addis Ababa

    Addis Ababa
    Conquested modern day ethiopia and made it East Italian Africa. Emporer Haile Selassie fled country.
    The picture shows Il Duce standing on a Tank in Ethiopia
  • Stopping WW2

    Stopping WW2
    Benito looked on as Hitler said he wouldn't start a second World War. Chamberlin(Great Britain PM) famously said "I have made peace in our time", I don't think so
  • War!!

    War!!
    Italy declres war on Britain and France as they thought war was nearly over.
  • Rome-Berlin Axis

    Rome-Berlin Axis
    This ensured that Italy and Germany would stay friends and they also helped Fidel astro of Spain in Spanish civil war.
    (Picture: Adolf and Benito "hanging out")
  • Escape

    Escape
    Helped to escape from prison by Nazi's.
  • Death

    Death
    After alot of Bad things happening to Italy, the Italian republic captured Mussolini, shot him and hung him upside down for passerbys to look and spit at him. This led Hitler to kill himself and WW2 to end.