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Benito Mussolini

Mussolinis full name was Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini. He was born on July 19th, 1883. He died April 28th 1945. He was the Prime Minister of Italy during World War II. He ruled from 1922-1943 until he was kicked out of office. He created the National Fascist Party. The National Fascist Party in Italy was an organization that advocated Italian Nationalism. This was very important because he got everyone in his country to support the Italian race and government. Also, Mussolini aligned himself with Germany and Japan in World War II, they were called the Axis powers. They fought against the Allie powers: United States, England, and France. In 1922 he led the National Fascist Party in the March of Rome. The March took over the Kingdom of Italy and overthrew the government. They changed the laws to favor the National Fascist Party, and changed Italy into a one dictatorship leadership. This gave Mussolini full control over the country.On June 10, 1940 Mussolini announced they will join Germany in World War II because he knew that they were not going to have a strong enough army to fight off the United Kingdom. He saw it more beneficial and smarter to mend with the strong armies then fight against them... hence why they joined WWII with Germany. Mussolini's main goal in WWII was try and conquer France. Mussolini never really demanded his men to go to battle in certain places to help better Italy, he ordered his troops to places where Hitler was going to attack just so they could help with the numbers and have a stronger army. On July 24, 1943, the allies began to invade Italy. After the invasion the Grand Council of Fascism voted him out of office and arrested him. After trying to escape north, Mussolini was captured and executed in Lake Como. To shame him, the people hung him up by the feet in the town service station to shame himself even more in front of the people of Italy. This is important today in Italy because Italy no longer has dictators and can not be ruled like they were by Mussolini. They now have a president just like the United Sates. Their current president is Sergio Mattarela.

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