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Mussolini founded Italy's Fascist movement in 1919. Fascism was an aggressive nationalistic movement that considered the nation more independent than the individual
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On oct 27-29 Benito Mussolini and his fascist followers marched onto the city of Rome
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Mussolini's march on Rome was successful in scaring the king, Victor Emmanuel III, into giving him power over the country.
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Mussolini's blackshirts were a military group that originally formed in 1919 out of a handful of disgruntled soldiers.
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On June 10th, 1940, Mussolini sided with the axis powers and declared war on Britain and France
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Mussolini was formally dismissed as head of state on the 24 of July, 1943. Marshal Pietro Badoglio succeeeded him
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On April 28th, 1945, Mussolini and his mistress were executed by Walter Audisio.
