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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 .
In February 1939, Mussolini declared that a state's power is "proportional to its maritime position," asserting that Italy was a "prisoner in the Mediterranean," surrounded by British-controlled territories. [139] Italian Empire in 1939. The new pro-German course was controversial.
The March on Rome (Italian: Marcia su Roma) was an organized mass demonstration in October 1922 which resulted in Benito Mussolini's National Fascist Party (Partito Nazionale Fascista, PNF) ascending to power in the Kingdom of Italy.
Mussolini famously referred to this as the "Caporetto of Italian Socialism". Rudolph Rocker , an active Anarcho-Syndicalist of this period, claimed the event in his book: "When in 1922 the general strike against Fascism broke out, the democratic government armed the Fascist hordes and throttled this last attempt at the defence of freedom and right.
General elections were held in Italy on 6 April 1924 to elect the members of the Chamber of Deputies. [1] They were held two years after the March on Rome, in which Benito Mussolini's National Fascist Party rose to power, and under the controversial Acerbo Law, which stated that the party with the largest share of the votes would automatically receive two-thirds of the seats in Parliament as ...
Mussolini's War is an account of the rise and fall of Benito Mussolini, until 8 September 1943. [1]"Mussolini's War" by John Gooch, offers a comprehensive examination of the tumultuous period in Italian history spanning from 1935 to 1943, under the authoritarian rule of Benito Mussolini.
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 ...
The following day King Victor Emmanuel met Mussolini and informed him that General Pietro Badoglio would lead Italy, as Prime Minister. Mussolini was arrested immediately after the meeting. [2] In September 1943 Mussolini was freed from imprisonment by German commandos and helped to regain power in northern Italy.