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    Why Mussolini Rose to Power The fascist dictator of Italy Benito Mussolini rose to power through the use of his charisma, his unethical elimination of opponents and his attack on the capitol of Rome Italy. Through the use of these assets Mussolini was able to successfully become the fascist dictator of Italy and contribute to the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people. Mussolini’s charisma was one of the major factors in rising to power, enabling him to woo the people of Italy in his famous speeches

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    This is a story that was kept a secret for a lifetime. One about an athlete who created his own path in a road where he became a hero and savior, these such individuals only come around occasionally. Such a character was Gino Bartali, in my Italian Secret the story unfolds the amazing and unforgettable story of Bartali, who was an Italian cycling expert, and of his secret mission to save Jews from the Holocaust during World War 2. In 1938, Gino Bartali won the Tour de France, this achievement was

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    The Racist Movement

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    To what extent was the rise of the fascist movement between 1919-1922 due to Mussolini? The rise of the fascist movement between 1919-1922 was largely due to Mussolini himself. It is worthwhile to examine the consequences of government inefficiency, the growth of the socialist movement, the support of others as an enabling factor, but his leadership allowed the fascist party to be relevant, and to take advantage of these other conditions. Though trasformismo and socialism did destabilise Italian

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    In a longer historical perspective the Spanish Civil War amounts to the opening battle of World War II, perhaps the only time in living memory when the world confronted—in fascism and Nazism—something like unqualified evil. The men and women who understood this early on and who chose of their own free will to stand against fascism have thus earned a special status in history. Viewed internally, on the other hand, the Spanish Civil War was the culmination of a prolonged period of national political

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    Benito Mussolini Benito Mussolini was born on July 29, 1883 in Forli, Italy. He was the son of a blacksmith that believed in socialism. As a child, Mussolini was very intelligent, but also very disobedient. He was expelled from many schools for bullying and defying school authorities. In 1901, he obtained a teaching certificate and was a schoolmaster for a short time. He was raised to believe in socialism but as time went by, his beliefs changed. Fascism Fascism was a political movement that

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    Strictly speaking, fascism is the name of the radical right-wing movement that took power in Italy in 1919, but the world is also used to refer to similar movements in other countries, including the Nazis in Germany. The Italian and German Movements sprang from two conditions: a social crisis and the weakness of liberal-democratic government. The movements were propelled by violent nationalisms growing out of the frustrations of the war. After 1918, Italy provided a favorable setting for the rise

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    Benito Mussolini was the first fascist dictator in history, however many historians question his ideologies that helped him rise to power and become the most powerful man in Italy. Mussolini’s use of the Blackshirts was effective, to a great extent that the “authority was enforced by the use of the Blackshirts (1).” Above all many people considered him as the “only man capable of restoring order (2)”, when Italy was slipping into political chaos moreover he promised to bring back the glory days

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    Mussolini Cause Ww2

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    The laws of cause and effect govern our lives, the consequences of the actions we take can have sizable impacts on the world. Keynote speaker Stephan Covey once said that “While we are free to choose our actions, we are not free to choose the consequences of those actions.” Why did Mussolini choose to make the choices he did? The consequences that occurred from the actions taken by Mussolini were one of the biggest causes of World War Two. Mussolini’s rise to power through the creation of fascism

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    Liberal Fascism: The Secret History of the American Left, From Mussolini to the Politics of Meaning (2008), by Jonah Goldberg, provides a Conservative perspective on the common misconception of Fascism’s place on the far right of the political spectrum.Goldberg's controversial Hypothesis developed through shocking political studies and historical facts would further suggest that, Hitler and Mussolini's Fascist Dictatorships were truly a phenomenon of the left, and the common ancestral link that is

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    Benito Mussolini was obsessed with Rome. He is the one who created the fascist movement in Italy in 1919. He then turned this movement into a legitimate party called the Fascist Party. By doing this he gained more credit and obtained more followers and supporters. Fascism is this overwhelming idea of patriotism throughout a country. Italy had been going through a stage where many of its people were focused on materialistic things and not on the pure Italian culture. Mussolini changed Italy for the

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