Mussolini and Fascist Italy Timeline

Formation of an independent Italy

1861

The Italian flag of 1861, symbolizing the "unification" of Italy upon gaining its independence

Papal States taken over by new nation of Italy

1870

An angry looking Pope Pius IX to express the anger of the Catholic church at the liberal Italian government

Failure of First Italo-Ethiopian War with the Battle of Adowa (Adwaaaaa)

Mar 1, 1896

An image of Ethiopian soldiers at the Battle of Adwa to show the opponents faced by the Italians

Italy invades and takes over Libya

1911

An Italian propaganda postcard showing Italy's desire to take Libya in order to expand their empire and gain a "fourth shore"

Mussolini begins work as editor for the Socialist Party newspaper Avanti!

1912

An image of an issue from the Avanti! newspaper on the First of May, 1910, a paper Mussolini likely would have helped to produce before becoming editor around two years later.

Mussolini kicked out of Socialist Party for pro-nationalistic sentiments regarding WWI

1914

An image of the cover of the November 1914 issue of Avanti! featuring a political cartoon of Mussolini, following his expulsion from the socialist party, with a knife on his way to stab the back of Christ, portraying Mussolini's betrayal of the socialists.

Treaty of London

1915

This satyrical political cartoon references Italy's nature of never ending a war with those it was originially allied with, as shown through its abandomnet of the Triple Alliance to join the Triple Entente through the Treaty of London, hidden behind the back of the person representing Italy.

Beginning of Biennio Rosso

1919

A simple portrait of a group of factory workers going on strike, representing Bienno Rosso. The red in the image's background symbolizes the workers' communistic/socialistic desires.

Fascio di Combattimento formed in Milan

1919

This image of Ben Shapiro in front of the Italian flaf is a purely satyrical representation of the Fascio di Combattimento, as they hate liberals like Shapiro does.

D’Annunzio takes Fiume

1919

This portrait shows D’Annunzio arriving in Fiume on horseback, likely propaganda in order to gain more support for his actions.

Mussolini forms alliance with Giolitti

1921

This image was chosen as it shows the effect of the alliance formed: the continuation of fascist squad violence

Mussolini forms the PNF (Fascist Party) and is elected its leader

1921

The image of the PNF flag was chosen as it was created with the intent of symbolizing the ideologies of the party

March on Rome and Mussolini becomes Prime Minister

Oct 27, 1922

I chose this image as it does a good job at representing the Italian public's image of Mussolini after the March on Rome

Battle for Births

Jan 1, 1923

(I can't find an exact date, only the year)
I chose this photo because it depicts the goal of the battle for births- and increase in babies/population.

Matteotti Crisis

Jun 10, 1923

This political cartoon shows the perspective of many Italians after the Matteotti Crisis; shows many people's disliking of Mussolini

Corfu Incident

Aug 31, 1923

This image best represents this event as it does a good job in showing the different perspectives of all the countries who became involved.

Acerbo Law passed

Nov 18, 1923

This image was chosen as it does a good job at summarizing what the Acerbo Law was and why it was significant.

Aventine Secession

Jun 10, 1924

This photo best represents this topic as it does a good job in summarizing what it was and why it was significant

Battle for Grain

1925

this image shows an example of the propaganda that Mussolini used to push the battle for grain

Locarno Treaty signed

Dec 1, 1925

this image successfully shows the major powers involved in this treaty, making it easier to see the foreign relations

Battle for Land and Battle for the Lira

Aug 18, 1926

This graph gives a visual representation of the economic dip created by the Battle for the Lira

Kellogg-Briand Treaty signed

Aug 27, 1928

I chose this photo because it depicts all of the countries' leaders signing the treaty.

Lateran Treaty with Pope

Feb 11, 1929

I chose this photo because it depicts Mussolini and the Pope signing the actual treaty after a lot of negotating.

Stresa Front

Apr 14, 1935

I added this photo because it depicts the world leaders of Italy, Britain, and France who were involved in the negotiation and treaty

Abyssinian Crisis

Oct 2, 1935

I chose this photo because it shows how the Italians invade Ethiopia,

Italian involvement with Spanish Civil War

Jul 29, 1936

I chose this photo because it shows the anti-Italiain involvement response from the anti-fascists.

Rome-Berlin Axis Treaty signed

Oct 25, 1936

I chose this photo because it shows Mussolini and Hitler shaking hands after they signed the treaty agreeing to be friendly.

Munich Conference

Sep 30, 1938

I chose this photo because it shows all of the European powers signing the treaty after Hitler invaded surrounding areas.

Italy invades Albania

Apr 7, 1939

I chose this photo because it depicts how big of an invasion this was by Italy on Albania.

Italy enters WW II on side of Germany

Jun 10, 1940

I chose this photo because it shows Mussolini and Hitler (Italy and Germany) together, like they were in WWII

Mussolini brought down by coup during WW II

Jul 25, 1943

I chose this photo because it shows the coverage of the event in a similar time period to when Mussolini was arrested.

Mussolini killed

Jul 25, 1943

I chose this photo because it shows the public's reaction to his death- as it shows Mussolini's body hanging.