HIST 1F95 Lecture Notes - Fasci Italiani Di Combattimento, Victor Emmanuel Iii Of Italy, Italian Nationalism
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Italy were both among the allies. promise for lands. After the war, italy wasn"t treated as a great power- only given a few lands- italians grew angry. career as a socialist. Joined wwi, became wounded and returned home to pursue politics in a new party in 1919- fasci di. When the party first began there were only 150 male members. Members wore all black and gained the nickname blackshirts . A symbol of the group was the roman fasces- a tool used to beat traitors. Never used by the partito to beat people, merely symbolic. People soon began to call mussolini"s party fascism . By 1922, mussolini"s party consisted of 300 000 men. Italy and japan were unhappy with the outcome of versailles although they. Italy switched allegiance over the course of the war- persuaded by allie"s. Mussolini"s party faced less of a racial issue- unlike hitler with the jews. Mussolini changed policies in context- whereas hitler was quite consistent.
