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Mussilini and Italy
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Independent Italy is formed.
Italy finally became an independent nation which is apart from Rome. -
Papal States Taken Over by New Nation of Italy
Italy seizes surrounding territories in an effort to gain land and power. This image shows the before and after territorial differences of Italy. -
Failure of First Italo-Ethiopian War with the Battle of Adowa (Adwa)
With large amounts of nationalism from a growing Italy, Italy attempted to invade Tigre and Eritrea and lost at the Battle of Adowa. This image depicts how hard fought the battle was. -
Italy invades and Takes Over Libya
Italy wanted to gain even more land than they currently held so they decided to take over Libya which was succesful. This image is of supplies entering Libya -
Mussolini begins to work as an editor for the Socialist Party newspaper Avanti
Mussolini became an editor for a newspaper to share his political views. This is an image of Mussolini. -
Mussolini kicked out of Socialist Party for pro-nationalistic ideals towards WWI
After two years, Mussolini is fired for his anti-government propoganda, this image shows how this creates a domino effect for all of Italy. -
Treaty of London
The Treaty of London was signed in 1915 and promised land to Italy if the allied side won. However, Italy never recieved the land they were promised. -
Fascio di Combattimento formed in Milan
Fighting groups were people who used fear to assert their dominance. This was used to promote Facism. -
Beginning of Biennio Rosso
The Biennio Rosso was a political movement that lasted two years and was influenced by the lack of employment in Italy due to WW1 involvement. -
D’Annunzio takes Fiume
Gabriele D'Annunzio and over 2000 other Italians stormed Fiume and occupied it for about a year to show the strength of the rising fascist party in Italy. This picture shows the nationalism in Italy. -
Mussolini forms alliance with Giolitti
Mussolini had now formed an alliance with Giolitti. This image portrays Mussolini as powerful. -
Mussolini forms the Fascist Party and is elected its leader
This image is of the facist flag in Italy and shows how Mussolini had just become the leader of the facist party -
March on Rome and Mussolini becomes Prime Minister
This image shows the march on Rome that occured in 1922. This nationalism is what led for Mussolini to become the prime minister -
Acerbo Law Passed
The Acerbo Law was passed in hopes to give the fascist party more seats in the parliament. It was proposed by Baron Acerbo, and this is a picture of him. -
Aventine Secession
About 150 deputies left Mussolini's side. This image shows the deputies leaving. -
Italian involvement with Spanish Civil War
Mussolini wanted expansion for Italy. He worked with the Spanish to gain some reputation to be able to communicate with people who could help him obtain land like Hitler. -
Matteotti Crisis
The Matteotti Crisis refers to the assassination of Matteotti, a socialist opposer. This was considered taking it "too far" and caused nearly 150 deputies to leave overnight. This image shows how influential his death was. -
Battle for Grain
In attempts to become self-sufficient, Mussolini asked farmers to grow a lot of grain, while plenty was produced, Italy fell short on other needed resources. This image shows the grain that was being produced -
Locarno Treaty signed
This was the treaty that formally declared peace between Britain, France, Belgium, Germany, and Italy. While meant to ease tensions, Italy was upset with its unfulfilled promises for more land. -
Battle for Land and Battle for the Lira
The Battle for Land was an attempt to clear some marshland and swamps to have more land for agricultural developments and to boost the economy, but it failed and just inflated the economy. -
Battle for Births
Mussolini wanted to raise the birth rate and gave benifits for having more kids. This would allow for a larger army in the near future. -
Kellogg-Briand Treaty signed
The Kellogg-Briand Treaty was signed by 15 countries, Italy being one of them, to attempt to stop war in Europe and improve the reputation of Italy on the global scene. This lasted until WW2 took its place -
Lateran Treaty with Pope
While they formally supported one another, Mussolini paying a chunk of money, enforcing religious schooling for the youth, and giving land back in the papal state for Vatican City, the pope still disagreed with most of Mussolini's domestic policies due to their conflict of interest and what they believed was "good" for Italy. -
Abyssinian Crisis
Italy attacked Abyssinia in 1935 which, to no surprise, violated the Kellogg-Briand Treaty saying that there would be no war. This image is of a headline that was reporting the incident. -
Stresa Front
This basically made Austria an independent state. This image shows Austrian people roaming freely and happily. -
Rome-Berlin Axis Treaty signed
The Rome-Berlin caused a rash of anti-semitic responses from the Italian government. While not on nearly the same scale as in Germany, Italy still saw minor outbreaks of attacks on Jews specifically in trying to remove them from certain areas of Italy. -
Munich Conference
The Munich Conference allowed Germany to gain more territories in Czechoslovakia that were mostly filled with Germans. This image is of the delegates that met to discuss this treaty. -
Italy invades Albania
Mussolini ordered Guzzoni and the Italian army to invade Albania. Italy did this for 2 reasons. 1 - to gain more territory over a more broad area. 2 - to prove to the world Italy was serious about being a world superpower. This image is of the movement of supplies -
Italy enters WWII on the side of Germany
Italy entered WWII with Germany and delcared war on France and Britain. This caused severe revolts across Italy and angered many. -
Mussolini brought down by coup during WWII
Because Italy failed time after time in WWII, most of Italy was very upset with Mussolini and blamed him for their involvement in the war and their losses. -
Mussolini killed
This is an image of Mussolini after he was killed long side his mistress in 1945
