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Mussolini was born in Predappio, Italy on 29 July 1883. His birthplace shown in picture.
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He joined the Socialist party at the age of 17.
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He becomes the editor of an Italian Newpaper called Avanti
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He then became injured and was sent home.
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Mussolini and the Blackshirts marched in Rome to persuade the King to make Mussolini Prime Minister
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Mussolini becomes the 40th Prime Minister of Italy. He was also the youngest Prime Minister up until that point,
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Mussolini becomes a Dictator and takes the title Il Duce which means the Leader in Italian.
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The Lateran Pact was a treaty that let the Vatican City recognise Italy as a country and let Italy recognise the Vatican City as a country. Mussolini then made Catholicisim the national religion of Italy.
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Mussolini invaded Abyssiania ( now Ethiopia) so he could get more land and make the Mediterranean Sean an Italian Lake.
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Mussolini became closer to the countries in Europe that had followed the fascist model of government. During the Spanish Civil War of 1936-1939, Mussolini provided troops and support for the tascist dictator General Franco
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Mussolini joined in an alliance with Germany's Adolf Hitler. Although he did not particularly like Hitler, Mussolini's alliance with the German leader would lead to Italy's incolvement in World War II.
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The Pact of Steel was a military allience between Germany (Nazism) and Italy (Fascism).
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During World War II Germany invades Italy
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Mussolini was captured and then put in front of a firing squad. After he was killed his body was hung upside down in Milan.
