16 FACTORS THAT LED TO THE RISE OF FASCISM AND BENITO MUSSOLINI IN ITALY
Mussolini was born in 1883 in Romagna - Italy to a Black Smith. He was a well-educated man and graduate. In 1904, he joined a military school in Italy and in 1915 he fought in World War I . In 1921 , he founded the National Fascist Party and he adopted the Black Shirt Uniform which was the uniform of the soldiers that had served in World War I. Mussolini’s Fascist party got seats in the parliament of Italy and while there they demanded for representation in government. The government refused and in October 1922 , Mussolini and his army invaded Rome. King Victor Emmanuel III refused to resist Mussolini and his men and instead he allowed him to become the Prime Minister and requested him to form a government. As a Prime Minister of Italy from 1922 to 1943, Mussolini created a fascist state. He abolished all the opposition groups and the Italian parliament collapsed. Therefore, liberal Italy had fallen to Fascism. FACTORS THAT LED TO THE RISE OF FASCISM AND BENI...