3. Benito Mussolini Fascist Dictator of Italy 1922-1943 “il Duce”

5. Early Mussolini Born in Predappio on July 29, 1883. Father was a socialist blacksmith. Mother was a teacher. Married Rachele Guidi at age 17. Had 5 children & became a teacher.

6. Early Mussolini Arrested for criticizing Italy’s war in Libya in 1911 to 1912. After prison, edited the Socialist party newspaper in Milan. Expelled from the party for wanting to join the allies in WWI.

7. Italy enters The Great War 1914-1918

8. Mussolini in WWI WWI veteran discharged for being wounded by a misfired hand grenade. Felt Italy was shortchanged after WWI. Organized the Fascist party. Ruled by fear, with his “Black Shirts” (thugs).

9. Mussolini controls Italy Marched on Rome in 1922. Appointed Prime Minister by King Victor Emmanuel III on Oct. 28, 1922. Attempted to solve political & economic problems left over after WWI. Suspended elections & outlawed political parties. Established a dictatorship in a totalitarian state.

12. Oct. 1935, Italy invaded Ethiopia or Abyssinia (East Africa). Wanted revenge for loss in 1896 at Aduwa. Keeping Ethiopia from being colonized. Italian bombers & tanks versus Ethiopian spears. Ethiopia was a member of the League of Nations and expected help from Britain & France. By May 5, 1936 Italy captured capital of Addis Ababa. The League lifted the minor sanctions & Italy left the League a year later. Italian Expansion

13. Ethiopia

14. Benito Mussolini rules Italy!

15. April 1945, Milan Mussolini and Clara Petacci hung by Italian Partisans

18. the daughter of Benito’s third son. Benito was her grandfather! a representative in the European Parliament today! Her Aunt is actress Sophia Loren. 1983 Playboy model (Germany & Italy), politician, Neo-fascist. 1992 elected to Naples constituency (neo-fascist Movimento Sociale Italiano or MSI). Lost the Mayor of Naples election. 2003 she was elected a member of the European Parliament. She is anti-Semitic, Anti-Homosexual. Serves on the Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs committee along with two other committees. Allesandra Mussolini