Benito Mussolini
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was born on July 29, 1883 in Predappio. The
son of a blacksmith he was largely self-educated. He became a
schoolteacher and a socialist journalist in northern Italy. In 1910
he married Rachele Guidi who bore his five children. Mussolini was
jailed in 1911 for his opposition to Italy’s wa ....
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.... veterans founded
Fasci di Combattimento in March of 1919. This Nationalistic
antisocialist movement attracted much of the lower middle class and
took its name from the Fasces, an ancient symbol of Roman
discipline. The Fascist movement grew rapidly in the 1920’s,
spreading through the countryside where it’s Black Shirt Militia won
support of the land owners and attacked peasant leagues of Socialist
Supporters. To take advantage of the opportunity Fascism shed it’s ....
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