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    Hitler wasn’t the only major contributor to WW2. Benito Mussolini was his puppet of destruction during the war. He had a rough early life, then grew up and did a lot of harm to italy and WW2. Though he had an iffy relationship with Hitler still. Benito had a lot of expectations forced on him, which might led to his derailing from socialism into WW2. Born in Forli, Italy 1883 the little monster was born. His father was a blacksmith, in his free time of being a politician. While his mother was a

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    brought Benito Mussolini to power will look at fascism and how Mussolini came to gain political power. This review will present both aspects of how historians have reacted to various hypotheses about fascism and Mussolini gaining power, positive reviews that support different theories and others who oppose certain ideas. The main finding was that Mussolini’s rise to power owes more to the failures of others than to his own strengths. In 1922, the King of Italy invited Benito Mussolini into government

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    Benito Mussolini was an Italian politician and journalist, who ruled Italy from 1922 until 1943 as the Prime Minister, and from 1943 to 1945, as the leader of the Italian Social Republic, which was a German supported regime in Northern Italy. Also, Mussolini is largely known as the founder of fascism—an authoritarian and nationalistic right-wing system of government and social organization. When WWI broke out in 1914, many of the socialist political parties in Italy supported their country’s intervention

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    Benito Mussolini seized power in 1922 when he was appointed Prime Minister, following his infamous March on Rome. Mussolini initially expressed little to no interest in economic matters once in office and had no coherent economic plan for Italy. Furthermore, as a former socialist, he disliked capitalism and the free market. However, post 1922, he came to the realization that he needed a strong economic plan to retain his office as well as to re-establish Italy as a major power. Mussolini, like many

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    to the rise of dictators like Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini in Germany and Italy, respectfully. In both countries there was a need for a strong-man, a dictator, to take control of the chaos and fight back against overbearing international sanctions. However, in both cases, Fascism was not so clearly defined by the men themselves as the textbook definition is today. They were, in a lot of ways, the pioneers of modern Fascism. Hitler and Mussolini ruled in their own distinct ways, guided by different

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    Being one of the most feared powers in Europe during the twentieth century, Benito Mussolini was the leader and the founder of the Italian Fascist party. He had the most courageous and outgoing ideas and ways to reform Italy into its old roots. Benito had inspiring ideas as, to rebuild the “Roman Empire”, make Italy into a European superpower, and be a severe threat to the entire world. Benito was the editor-in-chief of “Avanti!” a socialist newspaper, and was able to spread the word of himself as

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    Benito Mussolini: One of Europe’s most powerful Dictators. Benito Mussolini was born on July 29, 1883 in Dovia Di Predappio, Flori, Italy. He lived as an Italian politician, journalist, and leader of the National Fascist Party, which he created in 1919. Benito’s father Alessandro remained a blacksmith and socialist and his mother Rosa was a schoolteacher. Mussolini followed his father’s footsteps in becoming a socialist. His parents feared that Benito would become mute from not being able to speak

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    battle even if you have to kick them in the pants. That is what I shall do,” said Benito Mussolini (Quotes). Benito Mussolini explains that every person should be doing something useful. He also says that everyone should join the battle; even if they disagree on its purpose, they should be forced to. Moreover, Benito Mussolini had a great impact on people in his time that changed many things in the world. Benito Mussolini was influenced by the Italian economic conditions following World War I; He then

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    Many would say that Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini were both awful men and even worse leaders in their countries. But, if you really sat down to think about how they ran their form of government, they were actually two of the most vainglorious, yet admirable leaders in the world at that time. Hitler was able to go from being a soldier in World War I to being the supreme leader of Germany. Benito was able to go from being a brief schoolteacher, to being a 10-year journalist. Although Hitler was

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    the March publishing of Vanity Fair included a piece of art by Miguel Covarrubias. The original piece, titled Impossible Interview No. 4, Huey Long vs. Benito Mussolini, was made the same year using gouache on paper. The majority of the space is used to depict two figures, and by the title, one can determine the figure on the right is Benito Mussolini, and the figure on the left is the Louisiana governor, Huey Long. The artwork could be described as a semi-realistic cartoon of these two people. At first

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