Benito Mussolini was one of the key leaders in the conflicts of WW2, and was the leader of the fascist movement. Born July 18, 1883 to Alessandro and Rosa Mussolini. Little did they know that Benito would soon become the Prime Minister of Italy. However, he did show violence early in is life by rebelling in school. His politics were mainly influenced by his fater, who named his son after socialist leaders.
In 1902, Mussolini moved to Switzerland. He later became interested in Italy's socialist party, and upon going back to Italy, he ended up in the Italian army. He supported the Italian intervention in WW1 and was subsequently kicked out of the socialist party.
Mussolini ended up creating the Fascist party, and gained inspiriation for this political movement from a newspaper called The Republic. In 1922, Mussolini started the march on Rome, and kicked out the prime minister, and claimed the position for himself. He became nicknamed Il Duce. Consequently, attepts at Mussolini's life were not uncommon.
Mussolini soon joined up with Hitler in WW2. Escaping Italy, Mussolini was picked up by members of the communist party, and tried to smuggle them out of the country. He and his mistress ended up being executed by those same communists.
Mussolini is to this day hated, in America and all over the world. Because of him, Italy went from being an Allied power to the dark side of WW2.
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