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Mussolini was an Italian Fascist dictator. He came to power in 1922 AD and ruled Italy until 1943 AD.

  • Fascism is a right-wing ideology.
  • Fascism is based on nationalist values and militarism.
  • Fascists believe that a strong leader should have complete control over a country.

Mussolini and the Fascist Party

  • After the First World War, the Italian government was weak.
  • In 1919 AD, Mussolini founded the Fascist Party.
    • The party was very popular with war veterans who were unemployed.

Mussolini's rise to power

  • In 1922 AD, Mussolini and the Fascist Party marched into Rome.
  • Italy was in chaos and the Italian king asked Mussolini to form his own government.

  • Mussolini called himself ‘Il Duce’. This means ‘The Leader’.
  • Mussolini became a dictator.
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Operation Eiche

ENDNOTES

  1. Charles Foley, Commando Extraodinary (Reprinted [1957]; Ballantine Books, New York, 1957), passim.[return]
  2. Unless otherwise noted, all quotations used throughout this article were obtained from the manuscript:Skorzeny, Otto, “My Rescue of Mussolini, 12 September 1943,” (obtained by the Historical Division EUCOM, 27 July 1947), Mataxis Collection, USASOC History Office Classified Files, Fort Bragg, NC.[return]
  3. Maxwell D. Taylor, Swords and Plowshares (New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1972), 58.[return]
  4. Otto Skorzeny, “Skorzeny’s postwar sketch showing where DFS 230 gliders landed on 12 September 1943,” National Archives Records Administration, Washington, DC, on internet at: http://hitlersraid.com/images/Sketch_hotel_02.JPG. Accessed on 6 October 2014.[return]
  5. William H. McRaven, SPEC OPS: Case Studies in Special Operations Theory and Practice (Novato, CA: Presidio Press, 1995), 188. [return]
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Benito Mussolini (1883-1945)

Benito Mussolini, February 1939  ©Mussolini was the founder of Fascism and leader of Italy from 1922 to 1943. He allied Italy with Nazi Germany and Japan in World War Two.

Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini was born on 29 July 1883 in Predappio in northern central Italy. His father was a blacksmith. Employment prospects in the area were poor so in 1902 Mussolini moved to Switzerland, where he became involved in socialist politics. He returned to Italy in 1904, and worked as a journalist in the socialist press, but his support for Italy's entry into World War One led to his break with socialism. He was drafted into the Italian army in September 1915.

In March 1919, Mussolini formed the Fascist Party, galvanising the support of many unemployed war veterans. He organised them into armed squads known as Black Shirts, who terrorised their political opponents. In 1921, the Fascist Party was invited to join the coalition government.

By October 1922, Italy seemed to be slipping into political chaos. The Black Shirts marched on Rome and Mussolini pres

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