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Ultranationalism in Italy

  • National Unity 1859-1870

    Italian Government united all those of Italian ethnicity withen the borders through the policy of Irredentism.
  • WW1 Depression

    Italy was knee deep with high inflation, significant debt, and high unemployment.
  • new Government

    Prime minister resigned due to political threats, and the King asked Mussolini ( Newspaper Journalist) to form a new government. Mussolini gave great econmic power to Italy
  • Lantern Treaty

    Mussolini signed the Lantern Treeaty with the Vatican, Which weaken the church's claim for lost land, but gave the pope power over marriage and the family.
  • Invasion of Ethiopia

    Mussolini at the peak of his power invaded Ethiopia,
  • Alliance with Nazi Germany

    Defiant to with the condemnation of the League of Nations, He allied italy with NAzi Germany and entered WW2
  • WW2

    Through numerous humiliating defeats Italy was pumbled by the allies, Mussolinis popularity quickly faded.
  • New Priminister

    The king replaced Mussolini as prime minister, and Italy joined forces with the allies!