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  Italian Government united all those of Italian ethnicity withen the borders through the policy of Irredentism.
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  Italy was knee deep with high inflation, significant debt, and high unemployment.
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  Prime minister resigned due to political threats, and the King asked Mussolini ( Newspaper Journalist) to form a new government. Mussolini gave great econmic power to Italy
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  Mussolini signed the Lantern Treeaty with the Vatican, Which weaken the church's claim for lost land, but gave the pope power over marriage and the family.
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  Mussolini at the peak of his power invaded Ethiopia,
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  Defiant to with the condemnation of the League of Nations, He allied italy with NAzi Germany and entered WW2
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  Through numerous humiliating defeats Italy was pumbled by the allies, Mussolinis popularity quickly faded.
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  The king replaced Mussolini as prime minister, and Italy joined forces with the allies!