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Bento Mussolini formed a party known as Fasci, but they did not win the vote due to the Socialist party. But the governnment feared the Socialist party would cause damage to the war economy so Mussolini was given a position as a member of the ruling government coalition.
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Mussolini wanted to take control of the government by force, but it never happened. However the Prime Minister and government did resign due to the threat, and Mussolini was asked to form a government.
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Mussolini captured several Greek islands and encouraged irredentism among the people in Malta.And he began referring to the Mediterranean sea as "Mare Nostrum" (our sea).
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Fasci created a single-party which soon took over independent parties and trade unions. The Fasci party was supported greatly by Italy.
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Italy was hit very hard by the Great Depression, industry's became very close to failure they were bought out by the banks in bail out. And the assests used to fund the purchases were useless. This led them to financial crisis.
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When Italy joined WW2 they soon found out that their military was no match next to other countries. Due to this Italy suffered many defeats and Mussolini's population within Italy began to drop.
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Mussolini won respect with many of the European nations, this included Germany. Mussolini decided Italy would become allies with Natzi Germany. After this Italy went into WW2.
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Near the end of the war the King began to question Mussolini's actions and he replaced him as Prime Minister and Italy switched from Germanys side to Britains.
