Benito Mussolini

  • Benito Mussolini was born

    Benito Mussolini was born

    Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini was born on July 29th 1883 in Predappio, Kingdom of Italy. His parents are Alessandro Mussolini and Rosa Maltoni.
  • Mussolini emigrated to Switzerland

    Mussolini emigrated to Switzerland

    Benito Mussolini emigrated to Switzerland in 1902 to avoid forced military service in the Italian army. Mussolini later returned to Italy in 1904.
  • Mussolini participated in WWI

    Mussolini participated in WWI

    Mussolini joined the Italian army in 1915 as a bersagliere, an infantry corps. Mussolini was wounded in 1917 by the explosion of a mortar bomb in his trench which led to him having to leave the war.
  • Start of facism

    Start of facism

    The Italian Fasces of Combat is a facism organization created by Benito Mussolini in 1919 which was the start of the fascist regime.
  • Mussolini became prime minister

    Mussolini became prime minister

    Mussolini became prime minister of the Kingdom of Italy in 1922 after the march of Rome which resulted in Benito Mussolini's National Fascist Party to get power over the Kingdom of Italy.
  • Italy joined WWII

    Italy joined WWII

    The Kingdom of Italy controlled by Mussolini's facism party joined WWII in 1940 with Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan as one of the major Axis powers.
  • Fall of Mussolini's Party

    Fall of Mussolini's Party

    Mussolini's dictatorship over the Kingdom of Italy ended in 1943 (25 Luglio) after a vote of no confidence against the Prime Minister Benito Mussolini and Mussolini got arrested.
  • Benito Mussolini died

    Benito Mussolini died

    Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini was executed on April 28th 1945 at the age of 61. Mussolini was executed by an Italian partisan in the small village Giulino di Mezzegra.