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    Literature Review 1. Walter laquer in his book “Fascism” discusses fascism and defines it clearly. In his book he described what sociology is and how it worked during that time. It talks about its poetical and social views. It gives information on Mussolini in an objective format and describes fascism’s gain in popularity and power. It mainly concentrates on what fascism is and how to define it. It talks about the good points of it and the high ideals that it first had before it became a corrupt quest

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    experiment in Italy was a failure. Benito Mussolini aimed to make the world safe for the middle class, small business owners, property owners, and people in the agricultural area. Through this, Mussolini gained support of the majority of the population. There is no doubt that most of the support was actually the work of propaganda and rhetoric rather than the ‘real thing'. The government made desperate attempts to significantly increase the birthrate in Italy. In 1927, Mussolini launched the "Battle for births"

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    clear characteristic among almost all fascists throughout history has been a heavy focus on militarism – an aspect of Mussolini’s Italy which was intrinsically tied to his use of terror and force to achieve fascist political agendas. For evidence of Benito Mussolini’s heavy-handed political tactics, one must first examine how his fascist party first rose to power in a country which had been a constitutional monarchy for many years prior. Although Italy had been among the allied victors of

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    The Fascist Leader in Germany

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    Fascism was around approximately forty years. From 1921-1943, Mussolini was the Fascist leader in Italy and Hitler was the Fascist leader in Germany. Many people thought Fascism could improve their countries because the leaders who stepped up to power, promised great improvements. They also convinced the citizens that they had nothing more to worry about. When Fascist leaders were brought to power, they promised the people their lives would be better and their country would be saved. Fascism

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    INTRO The beautifully known country of Italy had been a modern nation state for hardly half-century and the Kingdom of Italy was not declared until 1861. King Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia, after the efforts of the great Italian statesman Camillo Benso di Cavour and the military campaigns of Giuseppe Garibaldi. “The young state of Italy faced many problems in the late 19th and early 20th centuries” (Sailus, 2016). The split nature of its beginnings caused massive differences in terms of regional

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    1936, a crowd of four hundred thousand had gathered around the Palazzo Venezia in Rome to hear the speech of their powerful and adored leader, Benito Mussolini. The Italian dictator was loved by the majority of the population and even referred to, by some of his own generals, as a god. Regardless of what outside opinions might have been towards Mussolini the country still respected him. The question then becomes, what were the circumstances in Italy that attributed to the dictator’s rise to power

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    Importance of the Economic Factors in the Rise to Power of the Fascist Party in Italy Fascism came on the heels of a war that economically and physically crippled Italy. In an attempt to regain control, Italian general and dictator, Benito Mussolini created a political party that rivalled the Socialist party. Fascism was an extremely harsh dictatorship type of power that left many people a victim of its cruelty. This essay will explore whether the rise of fascism was due to the

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    When thinking of the phrase “The Second World War”, often the first thing to pop into the average person’s mind are images of combat, death and endless rows upon rows of sharply uniformed soldiers passing by, their leaders shouting an impassioned speech behind them. However, behind every image is a history. Wars do not simply spring out of nothing. What is it that drives entire countries to invade, murder, and commit atrocities otherwise never seen? The answer is simpler than one would think. World

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    paratroopers are found in England nearly 30 years after World War II had finished. There were no death or burial records anywhere, and the local people refused to talk about the incident. Why were they there? It was mid war, about September 1943, when Benito Mussolini, the overthrown former dictator of Italy, was rescued by German special forces. After this extreme success, Adolph Hitler had a manic idea. Could the Germans take Churchill himself out of England? Attempting a mission as difficult as this has

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    Introduction Adolf Hitler A.Hitler made the Nazi Party B.whale if a fight against Hitler. II. Benito Mussolini A.his decision to invade Ethiopia in 1935 B. his campaign in Africa got attention of Hitler III. End of the war A.Mussolini was imprisoned at Giulino di Messegra B.Adolf Hitler dies The Axis powers of Germany,Italy, and Japan In 1923, Benito Mussolini said that the axis of the world’s history ran through Berlin. Mussolini’s words were based on a practical

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