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Benito Mussolini Excellent Signature As Prime Minister Of Italy W/coa For Sale
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BENITO Mussolini was Prime Minister (1922-1943) and Foreign Minister (1922-1929,
1932-1936) of Italy. Originally a Socialist, he began in 1918 to advocate
the emergence of a dictator, hinting that he himself might be such a
man. In 1919, he formed the nucleus of a party, called the Fasci di
Combattimento ("fighting bands"). His opportunity presented itself in
1922 when, to the dismay of the Italian people as a whole, a general
strike was called. Mussolini declared that unless the government
prevented the strike, the Fascists would. When the Fascists began to
march on Rome, threatening to bring down the government, King Vittorio
Emanuele III made Mussolini Prime Minister. He obtained full dictatorial powers for a year, and used that
time to push through a law that enabled the Fascists to secure a
majority in the Chamber. Subsequently, he assumed permanent dictatorial
powers and dissolved all other political parties. Dreams of empire led
him to invade Ethiopia in 1935. Sanctions were imposed by the League of
Nations, but he found a new ally in Adolf Hitler's Germany, and, seeing
Hitler's initial successes in World War II, he joined the German side on
June 10, 1940. From the beginning, the war went badly for Italy.
When the Allies invaded Sicily in July 1943, it was obvious that
collapse was imminent. On July 25, 1943, the Fascist Grand Council dismissed him; he was
arrested but rescued by the Germans on September 12, 1943. He followed
Hitler's suggestion to establish a new Fascist government in the north,
where he awaited the inevitable end. When he tried to cross the
frontier, he was recognized and on April 28, 1945, near Dongo, Lombardia, Italy, he was shot to death by Italian partisans.
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