Benito mussolini biography video for students
Benito mussolini ” 1962 biography of italian fascist dictator!
Benito mussolini biography video for students
But in the world of twentieth century dictators, Benito Mussolini was a pioneer. He created fascism, a movement that would plunge most of Europe into darkness. From undermining judges to indoctrinating children, he pioneered key tactics that other dictators would use to seize power.
Mussolini experimented with socialism as a young man, but as Europe was consumed by World War I he was drawn to nationalism.
Wounded in the war, he came home in 1917 and began to formulate the fascist ideology, which celebrated military might, extreme devotion to country and the superiority of the Italian people. Fascism also glorified ancient Rome, with the promise to return the country to the glories of the past.
The Road to Dictatorship
- Mussolini built fascism into a movement, complete with a paramilitary force: the blackshirts.
Thirty thousand blackshirts marched on Rome in 1922, seizing governmen