Italy

Italy Timeline

  • Mussolini plans to take control of Government

    Mussolini plans to take control of the government by force. The uprising never actually took place.
  • Italy prime minister resign

    Italy Prime Minister resigns due to the threat of mussolini to take over the government by force
  • Mussolini Takes power

    Due to Italy's prime minister resigning, The king then asked Mussolini to form a government resulting in the invasion of the greek islands and ultimately resulting in Italy joining the war.
  • Mussolini Captures several Greek islands

    Mussolini captures several greek islands causing Nationalistic feelings to grow. Mussolini began to call the mediteranian sea "Mare Nostrum" or "Our Sea"
  • Mussolini Achieves Peak of his Power

    Mussolini reaches the peak of his power when he invades a poorly armed Ethiopia
  • Italy allies with Germany and Italy

    Mussolini allied Italy with Germany and Japan and entered the Second World War together but they were no match for the allied forces and ending up suffering major defeats and losses in the war causing mussolini's popularity to drop quickly.
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    Italy Joins the war

    Italy joins the war for 3 years on Germany's and Japans side and then switches to the allied forces.
  • Italy switches sides

    The king replaced Mussolini as prime minister and Italy ends up switching sides and joining the allied forces.