Benito Mussolini Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini was born on 29 July 1883. He was born in Predappio in Northern Central Italy. They lived in a crowded two room house on the second floor of a palazzo. His father was a blacksmith and a member of the Socialist party. As a child, he was very smart but he was also very disobedient. As a child his father taught him about the Socialist party and to disobey authority. As a result, he was expelled from many schools. Because of this he was sent to the strict Salesian order at Faenza. There he caused even more trouble than he did at home. While he was there he stabbed another student with a pen knife. After that he was sent to Giosuè Carducci. He was yet again expelled from that school for assaulting another student with his penknife. Despite his …show more content…
He had trouble finding work so in 1902 he moved to Switzerland to find a job. All he had with him when he went to Switzerland was a medallion of Karl Marx. He spent his time in Switzerland looking for work and jumping from job to job. While in Switzerland he became involved in the Socialist party. In Switzerland he studied the works of philosophers such as Immanuel Kant, Benedict de Spinoza, Peter Kropotkin, Friedrich Nietzsche, G.W.F. Hegel, Karl Kautsky, and Georges Sorel. He earned a reputation for being a political journalist and a public speaker. He produced propaganda for a trade union. He often called for violence as a way to get his demands. He often spoke of a day of vengeance. He was arrested and sent to prison on multiple occasions because of his views. In 1904 when he returned to Italy he was being talked about by many big newspapers including the Roman newspaper. After returning to Italy he became a schoolmaster again. After a while though he thought he was wasting his life so he returned to journalism and politics. After returning to politics, he was once again
Now, with the Italian fascist state crumbling around him, and without a direct charge from Mussolini, Gentile, who had been among those competing for Mussolini's favor in earlier periods of fascism, created the last Italian fascist theory. And that was more philosophical than the earlier attempts at creating an ideology were. Gentile's theory had its descriptive moments, but, in the large, he offered a wholly philosophical oversight into pure fascism. It had little in the way of a call to arms.
Rather than using propaganda to make home seem perfect and giving an idea of perfect society to his people he used propaganda of showing the glories of war and how Italy will become a great European power. He used fear as a political weapon as him and his band of black shirts comprised of mostly World War 1 veterans. How they would march around political buildings terrorizing political opponents giving Mussolini a radical reputation which was what the Italians wanted after ww1. And as Italy slipped into chaos Mussolini presented himself as the only man to restore Italy. Then by 1925 he had the political support and the citizens support he dismantled the democratic government and implementing fascism. However Italy was not the only fascist country north of Italy there was another power rising Adolf
Within Italy, The Great War caused many problems and a great amount of distress. As a result of this, hundreds of new fascist groups started to emerge. In October 1922, Benito Mussolini became the Prime Minister of Italy and contributed a lot to the nation. He developed his power by forming the Fascist National Party in 1923 and eliminating political opposition. Mussolini and his followers ruled Italy through an authoritarian dictatorship. He made it clear that the war was a turning point for Italy and the returning of combat soldiers would form a new elite and bring about a new type of state to transform Italian politics and society. Mussolini set many
• In 1922 Mussolini became prime minister of Italy. He outlawed all political parties and established a secret police that could arrest anyone for political or nonpolitical
During the Second World War, Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini was the leader of the Italian Nationalist Fascist government. He was head of the Italian government from 1922 till 1943. The significance of Mussolini is that he played a key role acting as the Italian Prime Minister and established a totalitarian regime, during this time, as the unchallenged supreme leader, known as ‘Il Duce’. Fascism consisted of many contributors of which Mussolini with all his quirks was the key to most of its failures and successes, making him the most significant player that is worthy of being investigated. This topic is worthy of being investigated as Mussolini made a lot of decisions that lead to the death of many, but the question as to
Both of these political leaders took over and used the ideas of fascism as their type of government, the people gravitated towards them especially during times of need. To start, Benito Mussolini who was a newspaper editor and politician who pledged to rescue Italy during their time of desperate need. Fascism was on the rise in Italy, it was fueled by their disappointment and failure to win large territorial gains. People gravitated towards the new and vastly improving idea of Fascism. Italians wanted a leader who would take action and they found their answer in Benito Mussolini. Mussolini had vowed to provide strong leadership to the Italian people during this time. Mussolini had founded the Fascist Party in the year of 1919. When Italy’s economic problems continued to worsen, Mussolini’s power would considerably grow. Mussolini’s number one weapon during his rise to power was fear, he used the fear of people to take control over them. Soon thereafter, Mussolini and 30,000 of his Fascist supporters marched to Rome demanding the King step down and hand over his total power to Mussolini. The King gave in to their demands and gave Benito Mussolini full control over the Italian government. Mussolini became the Il Duce, or leader, and he made fascism the ruling political party in
No one took him seriously and people also thought that Benito Mussolini and the fascists were not a threat in Italy either. Fascism was very closely related to communism. In 1922 his followers helped him become the leader of Italy and he became a dictator like Hitler in Germany. Mussolini promised to restore the Roman Empire but started in Africa where there was the least resistance. Another dictator was Adolf Hitler.
Benito Mussolini and his creation of Fascism was the glue that held Italy together. Fascism promised national unity and condemned the Socialist party. To understand how Fascism became powerful within Italy, it is imperative to acknowledge the driving force behind this regime. To put it bluntly, violence played an essential role in the development of the Fascist party. Mussolini’s practice of fierceness was able to create a formidable system of government that did not tolerate weakness. In 1919, Benito Mussolini give an Afternoon speech, where he stressed the difference between Socialism and Fascism. Here, he states, “We declare war, against socialism, not because it is socialism, but because it opposes nationalism” (Stone 2013, 38).
"My objective is simple. I want to make Italy great, respected and feared," (UXL Biographies 1). This was a quote from one of the most famous dictators in Italy, Benito Mussolini. Before World War One, Mussolini was director of the Avanti, a socialist newspaper in Milan, but he began to disagree with socialists so he broke ties and joined the military, reaching the rank of corporal. After he was discharged from the army, he created the fascist party and worked towards dismantling all socialist institutions (UXL Biographies 1). Mussolini was a powerful public speaker and delivered speeches mainly about how great he would make Italy. This allowed him to gain the public’s trust, leading to him becoming Prime Minister and later the dictator of Italy (UXL Biographies 1). In April 1945, Mussolini and his mistress were fleeing anti-fascist partisans disguised as German soldiers. When they were crossing the Swiss border, him and his mistress were captured by partisans and the next day were shot and killed. (Klein 1). The assassination of Benito Mussolini was justified because of he adopted Nazi ideals about Jews and he ultimately initiated the demise of his country and followers. Despite this many believe that Mussolini actually helped Italy.
Benito Mussolini outlines several essential characteristics of his preferred political ideology, Fascism, in what has become known as the Doctrine of Fascism. In this paper, Mussolini outlines his vision of the ideology, and explains the major issues that Fascism will address once it becomes the leading political system in Italy. Mussolini’s major points as outlined in the Doctrine included an extreme emphasis on nationalism, organization and modernization of the state, persistent focus on religion, life as a struggle, and the notion that individuals exist only for the improvement of society as a whole. Wolfgang Schieder, after reviewing the Doctrine of Fascism, explains Mussolini’s success based on it and
Benitoite is a very unique mineral that has a beautiful appearance. It is classified as metamorphic rock which means it had to go under the metamorphic process to get into the form its in. Since this is rare mineral there are not very many places on earth where Benitoite is found. As of right now, California is the only place where it is found. It is the state gem of California because I believe its rarity is a special symbol to the state. In order to find this gem, a person would have to go to the Benitoite Gem Mine, in San Benito County, California.
History has shown that rulers of nations may be consumed by the absolute control over their people; consequently, leading them to adapt strict regulations for the citizens of their country. Fascism was commonly used to construct uncompromising laws over the population of certain provinces. Benito Mussolini was highly known for assembling firm regulations to form his Italian empire. As documented by Jesse Greenspan (2012) Mussolini’s violent outbursts were evident since childhood. Mussolini was even expelled at the age of 10 from boarding school due to stabbing a classmate. However this was not the only stabbing incidents, as he had claimed to also furiously stabbing an ex-girlfriend in the arm. Mussolini’s rage went as far as pinching
“Benito Mussolini was an intelligent person because as a youth he received a teaching certificate in 1901”(http://www.biography.com/people/benito-mussolini-9419443). “His father's name was Alessandro and his mother's name was Rosa”(http://www.biography.com/people/benito-mussolini-9419443). “In 1902 he moved to Switzerland and lived there for a while.(http://www.biography.com/people/benito-mussolini-9419443). In 1919 he created the Facist Party and he was killed by his own people on April 28”
Mussolini never had the disposition to be nonviolent, as it seems. When he was just a boy, he had to get expelled twice for stabbing a schoolmate with his penknife. Yikes!
How far do you agree, that the Bienno Rosso was the most important reason for Mussolini and Fascism’s rise to power in Italy, 1919-22?