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Italy - Mussolini
War
WW1
1914 - 1918
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The war leads to the growth of Nationalism in Italy.
Italy enters WW1
1915
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Italy joins Allies and Mussolini is conscripted.
Caporetto
1917
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Humiliating defeat at Caporetto
Vittorio Veneto
1918
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Victory at Vittorio Veneto
WW2
1939 - 1945
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Outbreak of Second World War but Italy is too weak to join initially.
Main
Unification of Italy
1861
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Birth of Mussolini
1883
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Mussolini editor of Avanti
1912
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Avanti = Socialist Newspaper
Il Popolo d'Italia
1914
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Mussolini leaves Avanti (gets kicked out because he believes in the War and Socialists don't) and founds Il Popolo d'Italia
No territory
1919
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Italy fails to gain territory expected following the Paris Peace Conference.
Fasci di Combattimento
03/01/1919
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Mussolini forms 'Fasci di Combattimento' or 'League of Combat' in front of a crowd in Milan
Capture of Fiume
09/01/1919
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Gabrielle d'Annunzio captures Fiume and establishes a State that inspires Fascist Italy.
No seats won
11/01/1919
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Fascists fail to win any seats in the election
Fascism gaining support
1920
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Fascism starts to win support across the Po valley and the northern regions.
Northern Strikes
08/01/1920
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Strikes in northern cities; climax of biennio rosso
35 seats won
05/01/1921
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Fascists win 35 seats in election
Mussolini is PM
1922
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The King appoints Mussolini Prime minister of Italy. This is followed by the symbolic March on Rome, which fascist propaganda presents as the seizure of power.
Acerbo Law
1923
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Mussolini as Prime Minister passes a new electoral law that allows him to win a majority in the election. This gives him power to rule without the constraint of other parties.
Matteotti Murder
1924
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The Italian society deputy Giacomo Matteotti is murdered by Fascists.
Totalitarian Government
1925
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Mussolini refers to the new 'totlaitarian' government of Italy. Other political parties are banned and the Vidoni Pact bans strikes.
Lateran Treaty
1929
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The Lateran Treaty between the Italian State and the Pope wins Mussolini the support of Italian Catholics.
Abyssinia
1936
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Italian victory in Abyssinia leads Mussolini to announce that Rome is once more the heart of a great empire.
Anti-Semitic Legislations
1938
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Italy introduces anti-Semitic legislation as a result of the growing influence of Nazi Germany.
Chamber of Fasces
1939
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The Italian parliament is replaced by the Chamber of Fasces and Corporations.
Italy enters WW2
1940
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Invasion of Soviet Union
1941
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Hitler invades the Soviet Union and Italy fights alongside him.
Defeat
1945
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Final defeat of totalitarian Italy and Germany. The Soviet Union emerges victorious from WW2