Fascism started after the first world war and while it may have been originated in Europe, Benito Mussolini or otherwise known as II Duce or Iron Perfect, formed a party called the “Fascist Party” in 1919. Benito would govern Italy from 1922 to 1943 with absolute power over the citizens of the country. Before we can discuss Mussolini’s, achievements and what brought him to his death we first must understand where it all began.
Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini was born on July 29, 1883 in Dovia di Predappio, Forli, Italy. Benito grew up in poverty, in a small two-bedroom apartment with his two siblings, his mother Rosa Maltoni and father Alessandro Mussolini. The Mussolini’s were from modest backgrounds “his father was a blacksmith and impassioned socialist who spent much of his time on politics and much of his money on his mistress. His mother Rosa was a devout Catholic schoolteacher who provided the family with some stability and income” (Web Biography.com). Mussolini despised his poverty upbringing and envied and grew hatred toward the wealthy, this was his first taste of an unjust world. Benito, was the elder of the Mussolini children and while he exhibited great intelligence, he also showed a lack of obedience when it came to authority. Benito from his early childhood showed his violent tendencies. “At the young age of 10 he was expelled from a religious boarding school in Faenza, Italy for stabbing a classmate in the hand, this was the first as another stabbing incident took place when he transferred to his next school. He also admitted to knifing a girlfriend in the arm. Meanwhile, he purportedly pinched people at church to make them cry, led gangs of boys on raids of local farmsteads and eventually became adept at dueling with sword’s” (Web A&E amp.history.com) His father’s passion for socialist politics had influenced and instilled within him showing him that the world was an unjust place and the only solution was to have defiance against authority, Mussolini joined as a member of the socialist party in 1900. Mussolini’s mother as all mothers do wanted the best for her children and hoped to see them do great things in the world. Surprisingly the young Mussolini managed to obtain his diploma in 1901 allowing him to teach secondary school, this was just for a brief time as just a year later in 1902 he quickly made the move to Switzerland to avoid military services. It wasn’t till 1904 that he would return to Italy and fulfill his military duties where he made politics …show more content…
“When Mussolini spoke in favor of Italy entering the World War I on the side of the allies (United States, Great Britain, Soviet Union and France) the socialist party expelled him” (Web, Gale). Mussolini would turn from his socialist party in 1914 as he watched World War 1 (1914-1918) bury the old Europe, during this time he would found his own newspaper, Popolo d’Italia (The People of Italy) and use it to express his own views pushing his own agenda in the process. This was not well accepted by his fellow Italian working class and they began calling Mussolini “Judas” and “Traitor”, this marked the decline in Mussolini’s career and sealed his defeat to enter the parliamentary office
Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini was born on July 29, 1883 in Dovia di Predappio, Forli, Italy. Benito grew up in poverty, in a small two-bedroom apartment with his two siblings, his mother Rosa Maltoni and father Alessandro Mussolini. The Mussolini’s were from modest backgrounds “his father was a blacksmith and impassioned socialist who spent much of his time on politics and much of his money on his mistress. His mother Rosa was a devout Catholic schoolteacher who provided the family with some stability and income” (Web Biography.com). Mussolini despised his poverty upbringing and envied and grew hatred toward the wealthy, this was his first taste of an unjust world. Benito, was the elder of the Mussolini children and while he exhibited great intelligence, he also showed a lack of obedience when it came to authority. Benito from his early childhood showed his violent tendencies. “At the young age of 10 he was expelled from a religious boarding school in Faenza, Italy for stabbing a classmate in the hand, this was the first as another stabbing incident took place when he transferred to his next school. He also admitted to knifing a girlfriend in the arm. Meanwhile, he purportedly pinched people at church to make them cry, led gangs of boys on raids of local farmsteads and eventually became adept at dueling with sword’s” (Web A&E amp.history.com) His father’s passion for socialist politics had influenced and instilled within him showing him that the world was an unjust place and the only solution was to have defiance against authority, Mussolini joined as a member of the socialist party in 1900. Mussolini’s mother as all mothers do wanted the best for her children and hoped to see them do great things in the world. Surprisingly the young Mussolini managed to obtain his diploma in 1901 allowing him to teach secondary school, this was just for a brief time as just a year later in 1902 he quickly made the move to Switzerland to avoid military services. It wasn’t till 1904 that he would return to Italy and fulfill his military duties where he made politics …show more content…
“When Mussolini spoke in favor of Italy entering the World War I on the side of the allies (United States, Great Britain, Soviet Union and France) the socialist party expelled him” (Web, Gale). Mussolini would turn from his socialist party in 1914 as he watched World War 1 (1914-1918) bury the old Europe, during this time he would found his own newspaper, Popolo d’Italia (The People of Italy) and use it to express his own views pushing his own agenda in the process. This was not well accepted by his fellow Italian working class and they began calling Mussolini “Judas” and “Traitor”, this marked the decline in Mussolini’s career and sealed his defeat to enter the parliamentary office