HISTORY 1DD3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Becan, Nazi Propaganda, Erich Ludendorff
22 Oct 2017
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Mussolini was a socialist early on, working as an editor for a socialist magazine called. Mussolini"s newspaper which encouraged italy"s entry into the great war in 1914. Mussolini believed that the war would be a turning point for italy, and that the soldiers returning from war would spearhead and replace the weak democracy with a new type of state. Mussolini was upset with the result at the treaty of versailles: blackshirts. Comprised of former ww1 soldiers who want to return to the goodtimes . 1920: fascist armed squads that effectively used violence on socialists to gain public support: march on rome (28 oct 1922) Italy was in civil war (1921) and mussolini decided the time was right to seize power (1922). Musoolini"s black-shirted troops marched to rome while mussolini awaited news in. King victor emmanuel ii hastily called mussolini to become pm (29 oct). Is fascism all about style?: acerbo law (1923)
