Benito Mussolini
Biography:
Benito Mussolini was born July 29, 1833 in Dovia di Predappio, Forli, Italy. He was an ardent socialist as youth, following in his political father’s footsteps and was expelled by the party for his support of WWI. In 1919 Mussolini created the Fascist party, eventually making himself dictator, holding all power in Italy. Overextended forces during WWI and was eventually killed by his own people on April 28, 1945 in Mezzegra, Italy.
How Mussolini came to power:
Mussolini served in the First World War, when he returned to Italy he found his country in political and economic trouble. This is how he came to power; he then formed extremist political parties. He didn’t do as well in the first time he took his party in parliament but he held 35 seats in the 1921 election. This not being enough, he got his…
Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt made the plan to force Germany to go against the Soviet Union by forcing them to move their troops to the Eastern Front. With that plan it allowed the allied forces to secure a beachhead in Sicily. The allied forces then began to march up the Italian Peninsula, putting pressure on Mussolini. Mussolini was then forced to step down and resign. After, he was arrested, but later rescued by German commanders. Mussolini hoping to regain his influence moved his government to northern Italy. In 1944, Rome was liberated by the allied forces when they marched to Italy to take control. Mussolini knew this had put him in a bad spot so he attempted to escape Switzerland. However, they were captured April 27, 1945 by the Italian underground. Mussolini and his mistress were shot the next day by the communist patrician. Their bodies were hung up for display, and people shouted foul language, shot them, laughed and spat on them. It was a way of revenge for the people because of what Mussolini had done to the…