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    Who is Mussolini? Benito Mussolini was an Italian dictator who thrived in the times of both World Wars. Though he was a strong leader with a lot of persistence, his works and contributions in WWII weren't as successful as he would have hoped. Even though he had the almighty Adolfo Hitler on his side, he still somehow succeeded to turn his entire country against him in the end and lose one of the most well known wars in all of history. The Pact of Steel: How it All Started Mussolini and his country

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    Benito Mussolini, although his name is strikingly similar to a form of pasta, he is not, in fact, the typical Italian dish. Mussolini, born July 29, 1883 and killed April 28, 1945, was actually Italy’s fascist dictator that ruled from 1922 to 1943 (wp1). Although originally being a revolutionary socialist, his views quickly shifted to that of the far right side of the political spectrum. Mussolini founded the political ideology of fascism, applying it to Italy during the time of the second world

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    Italy and Germany respectively, with Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler as leaders of their countries. The two leaders completely controlled both the domestic and foreign policies of their countries. In this study, the comparison in political, economic and social aspects of the the two countries will be discussed in detail. To begin with, politically, Fascism and Nazism both believed in dictatorship and were against the republic form of government. Both Mussolini and Hitler led their country into a

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    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

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    INTRODUCTION 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

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    the nature of Fascism by Benito Mussolini, Mussolini summarizes several critical characteristics on his ideal political philosophy, Fascism. First off I will begin with, what is Fascism? The principle of Fascism conveys a nation where the vagueness of a person to live a life of self-centered and brief pleasure is conquered by a proper law. Basically, Fascism tries to initiate a state where the people do not live individually; it creates for the state to control. Mussolini outlines his idea of the

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    Mussolini and Stalin combined killed about 20 million people. Mussolini lived in Italy. Mussolini ruled constitutionally until power corrupted him in 1922. Mussolini also legalized dictatorship so none of the humans have any rights. It can be argued that power always corrupts, especially when examining the greed, manipulation, and brutality of both the pigs in George Orwell’s Animal Farm and the greed, manipulation, and brutality of the Italian dictator Benito Mussolini. First, one of the reasons

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    I’m comparing and contrasting Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini. Adolf Hitler was born in Austria in 1889. Benito Mussolini was born in Dovia di Predappio, Forli. This is just one difference between Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini, but I’m going to give you more differences. According to World History: The Modern Era, it states that, “ Mein Kampf reflected Hitler’s obsessions extreme nationalism, racism, and Anti Semitism” (pg.552). That is Hitler’s political ideology. According to World History:

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    “There was no contemporary politician Hitler venerated more than Benito Mussolini, Italy’s Fascist dictator” - Wolfgang Schieder. The period following World War I (WWI) saw the rise of two dictators in Europe, Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler. Hitler’s Nazi beliefs were entirely based off of Mussolini’s fascists ideologies in both domestic and foreign policies, through collectivism and expansion. As Hitler admired Mussolini’s style of leadership in Italy, he strove to achieve the same style of government

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    ” This quote stated by Benito Mussolini makes his out to be a strong and powerful ruler. Benito was born July 29, 1883 in Dovia di Predappio, Forlì, Italy. When Benito was growing up his father, Alessandro was a blacksmith and a impassioned socialist that spent lots of his time on politics and money on his mistress. His mother, Rosa was a Catholic school teacher. After being involved in both World War One and Two he was executed on April 28, 1945. Because Benito Mussolini had parents involved in

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