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Mussolini creates the Italian combat squad as an alternative to socialism.
This coincided with a period of Italian social discord known as the biennial rustle. -
The Italian combat squad becomes the National Fascist party, and Mussolini won a seat in the italian Chamber of Deputies.
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The Fascist party seizes power as a result of the march of Rome.
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Benito Mussolini becomes the 40th Prime Minister of Italy and the youngest one to do so.
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Mussolini made himself dictator and took the title of Il Duce.
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Lateran treaty between Italy and the roman catholic church, creating the independent state of Vatican City.
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Mussolini began colonizing African countries to create a new Roman Empire.
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Ethiopia is colonized by the Italian Empire.
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Mussolini sent military aid to Spanish dictator Francisco Franco in the Spanish civil war.
This pushed Mussolini closer to Nazi Germany's dictator Adolf Hitler, though their early relationship was unstable. -
Mussolini adopted the anti-semitic manifesto of race, despite disagreeing with its premise.