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Angelica Balabanov reportedly introduced him to Vladimir Lenin, who later criticised Italian socialists for having lost Mussolini from their cause. [14] In 1903, he was arrested by Bernese police because of his advocacy of a violent general strike, spent two weeks in jail, and was handed over to Italian police in Chiasso. [12]
On 6 February 1943, Mussolini carried out the most wide-ranging government reshuffle in 21 years of Fascist power. [21] Almost all of the ministers were changed, including the Duce's son-in-law, Galeazzo Ciano , and Dino Grandi , Giuseppe Bottai , Guido Buffarini Guidi and Alessandro Pavolini .
Initials on the Four-Power Pact, from Francesco Salata's Il patto Mussolini. The Four-Power Pact, also known as the Quadripartite Agreement, was an international treaty between the United Kingdom, France, Italy, and Germany that was initialed on 7 June 1933 and signed on 15 July 1933 in the Palazzo Venezia, Rome.
Vice President-elect, J. D. Vance, was said to have wondered whether Trump was "America's Hitler". [59] Daniel Ziblatt has drawn similarities between Hitler's rise and Trump's. [60] Trump has further been compared to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, [61] and former aide Anthony Scaramucci also compared Trump to Benito Mussolini and Augusto ...
Crowd on the Piazza Venezia during Mussolini's speech, December 11, 1941. Published in L'Illustrazione Italiana. Contrary to Hitler's nearly 90-minute tirade against America, Mussolini's war declaration lasted only four minutes. [7] [3] Still, it was only slightly shorter than President Roosevelt's "Day of Infamy" speech of December 8. [3]
Mussolini had been Italy's fascist leader since 1922, first as prime minister and, following his seizure of dictatorial powers in 1925, with the title Il Duce.In June 1940, he took the country into World War II on the side of Nazi Germany led by Adolf Hitler. [1]
Almost exactly 100 years after Benito Mussolini staged his “March on Rome” mass demonstration, during which his National Fascist Party seized power, Italy appears likely to hand control of its ...
These events led to the Italian dictator, Benito Mussolini, being toppled from power in Italy on 25 July, and to the Allied invasion of Italy on 3 September. The German leader, Adolf Hitler , "canceled a major offensive at Kursk after only a week, in part to divert forces to Italy," resulting in a reduction of German strength on the Eastern ...