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Formation of an independent Italy
The process involved the annexation of many Italian States into the Kingdom of Sardinia. This photo effectively demonstrates the process of Risorgimento as many Italian states become the body parts of one man, and the man is reaching out to add more to himself. -
Papal States taken over by new nation of Italy
This picture shows a man (representing Italy) and a Pope on a Monopoly board. The Pope owned the property until the man came along and took it from him. This demonstrates how the Pope used to own the Papal States and it was independent until Italy took over and incorporated the Papal States to Italy. -
Failure of First Italo-Ethiopian War with the Battle of Adowa (Adwa)
This picture contains two groups, the left one being the Ethiopians and the right being the Italians. This picture effectively demonstrates the effects of the war as the Italians all look the same while the Ethiopians show more character (dressed differently and actually moving closer to fight). This was the war that became the catalyst to pan-African resistance and undermined European colonialism in Africa which is shown through the clear identification of each Ethiopian. -
Italy invades and takes over Libya
This picture illustrates the stages of the invasion. It begins easy, as shown through the calm environment at the bottom of the hill. However, as the man progresses, weapons and damage become apparent, which represents the heavy resistance the Italians faced later in the invasion. -
Mussolini begins work as editor for the Socialist Party newspaper Avanti
Mussolini's position as an editor for Avanti was less about passion of the job but rather a way to build his rhetorical technique and propaganda spreading abilities. This is shown by the photo as the person in the photo accidentally provokes the police and takes a job as an officer for a purpose other than "Protect and Serve"- to lay low until the cops forget him. -
Mussolini kicked out of Socialist Party for pro-nationalistic sentiments regarding WWI
The people in the photo are Vander and Silco, two friends that had a fall out due to conflicting beliefs, similar to Mussolini and the Socialist Party. Mussolini wanted Italy to join the war, just as Silco wanted the Undercity Zaun to fight for independence while the Socialist Party wanted Italy to stay out of WWI, just as Vander wanted Undercity Zaun to obtain independence by maintaining peace. Mussolini then started his own fascist party, just as Silco started his own group of Chem-Barons. -
Treaty of London
This photo demonstrates the feelings of Italy during the secret agreement. They joined the Triple Entente and left the Triple Alliance with the belief that they would receive a lot of territory, not knowing they would receive only a small portion of the land that they were promised. -
Fascio di Combattimento
They were a facist organization that used violence as their way of maintaining power, therefore the picture is a guy bullying another guy to show dominance and power. -
Beginning of Biennio Rosso
This picture shows a group of workers banded together to protest against the economic crisis caused by WWI. From 1919-1920, these revolts were common and violent, which led to an increase in support for fascism. The workers' smiles in the picture implicates how their extreme dissatisfaction to their economical status led to them ignoring the consequences of gaining support for fascist parties. -
D’Annunzio takes Fiume
They claimed it for Italy in opposition of great powers to show Italian nationalism, therefore there's a greedy guy taking money, symbolizing greed for more land. -
Mussolini forms alliance with Giolitti
This was a mlp season finale where the villains teamed up to combine their power, which is basically what Mussolini is trying to do. -
Mussolini forms the PNF (Fascist Party) and is elected its leader
A leader that rises and guides the others under one big violent operation, basically what Mussolini was trying to do. Daniel from lookism has to unite the four major gangs of Korea (seen in picture) -
March on Rome and Mussolini becomes Prime Minister
The chef in Trolls basically was the corrupted leader that was taking power under the kings control, that's basically what Mussolini was doing. -
Acerbo Law passed
A lying politician to showcase the advantage of the facist party to get 2/3 of the seats. -
Corfu Incident
Mussolini was an angry angry man by defying the League of Nations when officers were killed in Greece. -
Matteotti Crisis
Mussolini lost his grasp in order by killing the guy and having to admit he was guilty, accentuated by a guilty looking man. -
Aventine Secession
The photo is one of a person leaving a company, just as the members of parliament mass left to protest the murder of Matteotti. This represents the secession as Mussolini did not care too much, as it did not effect him nor the government, just like in the photo where the man does not care. -
Battle for Grain
Mussolini encouraged Italian grown grain over imported grain, as represented by the big man offering the farm money for his grain. This also raised the price of grain, as imported grain was cheaper, as seen by the farmer asking for more money than normal. The surplus of farmed goods in the back shows the success in increasing grain production. -
Locarno Treaty signed
The Locarno treaties defined Germany's border with France, just like in the photo where the picture is being defined. There is also no conflict in the photo, representing the part of the pact that said that they would resolve conflicts through peace. Also, borders are permanently defined, like a photo/frame cannot be changed. -
Battle for Lira
The Battle for Lira increased the value of the dollar. The Photo displays the differences between before and after the battle for Lira, as before the Lira was worth less than the franco and then it was more. -
Battle for Births
In the battle for births, Mussolini wanted to increase reproduction rates to increase the population. This did not work well, though, and reproduction rates still fell. The photo shows one child (leo) in a family rather than the more per family that Mussolini wanted, showing the failure of the battle. -
Battle for Land
The battle for land was for reclaiming the marshlands and making more land suitable for farming. The photo depicts how they did that with machinery, and the success of it. -
Kellogg-Briand Treaty signed
The Kellogg Treaty said that the coutries promised not to go to war over disputes. The photo shows a contract getting burned with the help of both parties. This represents the treaty as it was considered irrelevant due to how it didn't really prevent WW2 and meant nothing in the grand scheme of things. -
Lateran Treaty with Pope
The Lateran Treaty created the Vatican, ending the conflict with Italy and the Holy See. In the photo, two people sit on the same bench, not fighting but angry. this represents the treaty as even after it there was still tension between Catholics and Fascists, and many did not approve of the Holy See's acceptance of the policy, as conveyed through the anger in the photo. -
Stresa Front
The Stresa Front was the people in the Locarno treaties trying to strengthen it. The photo shows people working together, just like in the Stresa Front where they wanted to strengthen the treaty. Also, the photo has one person falling, which represents Germany, who the others are trying to suppress the attempts at changing the borders stated in Locarno. -
Abyssinian Crisis
The Abyssinian Crisis marked the start of the second Italo-Ethiopian War, which started over the dispute of Walwal. The picture describes the relationship between Italy and Abyssinia: tense, and constantly pulling at each other, until one side ultimately prevails (and that was eventually Italy). -
Rome-Berlin Axis Treaty signed
The Rome-Berlin Axis Treaty serves as the stepping stone to the 'Pact of Steel'. The treaty created an alliance between Italy and Germany, which is demonstrated by the handshake. -
Italian involvement with Spanish Civil War
The Italian army joined Franco's Regime during the Spanish Civil War, and he did it in an attempt to unionize Europe under Fascism, which is shown by the boot stomping on Spain, cementing their fascist footprint. -
Munich Conference
The Munich Conference, also known as the 'Munich Betrayal' was merely a treaty meant to satisfy an angry and aggressive Nazi Germany, shown by the image of the powers feeding the aggressive dog the Sudetenland -
Italy invades Albania
In the Italian invasion of Albania, it was considered a swift defeat that took about 5 days. This is shown in the picture, showing Jake Paul punching Mike Tyson, in a fight that he won. -
Italy enters WWII on side of Germany
When WWII initially started, Italy stayed neutral but decided to join after the dissolution of France to reap the benefits and land gains. Similar to a robber, who does no work and yet takes all the profits. -
Mussolini brought down by coup during WWII
Sicily was invaded on July 9th, and Mussolini attempted to escape with his mistress and was caught. The justification behind the picture is because the coup was called "Operation Husky". He is also really cute. -
Mussolini killed
After the death of Mussolini, it marked an end to Italian fascism, and hence, Italy lived 'Happily Ever After'