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7: Rise of Mussolini Pt. 1 - Fascism

History of the Second World War

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The History of the Italian Fascist Movement

In this episode we will seek to answer the question of what precisely was the fascist ideology that drove the Italian fascists to gain support throughout Italy and then in many other nations as well. Benito Mussolini would be the first leader of a fascist group to gain control of a nation when he became the prime minister of Italy in 1922. At the core of these beliefs was concern and anger at the growing power of socialism and communism within Italy. While Mussolini would eventually become the one person in control of the Italian fascist state he would begin as merely one of many fascist leaders within the country.

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