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Mussolini's March on Rome – Original reports from The Times; The March on Rome entry at Tiscali reference (archived 7 November 2005) Map of Europe and Italian Fascist seizure of power [permanent dead link ] at omniatlas; Keserich, Charles (1972). "The Fiftieth Year of the "March on Rome": Recent Interpretations of Facism". The History Teacher.
The Commemorative Medal of the March on Rome (Italian: Medaglia commemorativa della Marcia su Roma) was a decoration granted by the Kingdom of Italy to recognize the October 1922 March on Rome. The march pressured the Italian government into appointing Benito Mussolini prime minister of Italy and began Fascist rule and what the National Fascist ...
In 1922, with the threat of a general strike being initiated by anarchists, communists, and socialists, the fascists launched a coup against the second Facta government with the March on Rome, which pressured Prime Minister Luigi Facta to resign and allowed Mussolini to be appointed prime minister of Italy by King Victor Emmanuel III.
Two major marches were devised as propaganda: the March on Rome, which brought Mussolini to power, and the March of the Iron Will, the capturing of the Ethiopian capital. [80] The notion of a "march on Rome" was a concept to inspire heroism and sacrifice, and the Fascists made full use of the notion. [112]
In “The March on Rome,” which world premiered in the Venice Days sidebar of Venice Film Festival, Northern Irish-Scottish filmmaker Mark Cousins tracks the ascent of fascism in Italy in the ...
A century after Benito Mussolini’s 1922 March on Rome, which brought the fascist dictator to power, Meloni is poised to lead Italy's first far-right-led government since World War II and Italy's ...
26–28 October – March on Rome, led by Italo Balbo, Michele Bianchi, Emilio De Bono and Cesare Maria De Vecchi (Quadrumviri del Fascismo). Fascist blackshirts converge on Rome from various regions of Italy, occupying prefectures and railway stations. [11] Mussolini is in Milan, where he negotiates at a distance with the king and the government.
About 1,000 anti-fascists celebrated the anniversary of the 1944 liberation of Benito Mussolini’s birthplace Friday, as scattered fascist nostalgics quietly marked the 100th anniversary of the ...