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Why Did Mussolini Come into Power?
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Brief reasons for the origins of Fascism.
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pre-mussolini italy
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Why Did Mussolini Come into Power?
DISILLUSIONMENT AND FRUSTRATION IN POST-WAR ITALY
Treaty of Versailles did not give them what they had been promised.
Fiume was taken over by Gabriele D'Annunizio
Lands not given: Dalmatia, Adalia, some Aegan islands and a protectorate over Albania
Terrible economic effects of the war
Value of Lira has decreased from 5 to the dollar in 1914 to 28 to the dollar in 1921
therefore cost of living also went up x5
Hatred for the parliamentary system
5 different cabinets with shaky majorities came and went
Nine different parties in May 1921
Indecisive government
WAVE OF STRIKES 1919-20
Unification of socialist parties and trade unions thanks to industrialization
Italian Communist Party formed in Jan 1921
However the revolution had already fizzed out thanks to this
MUSSOLINI ATTRACTED WIDESPREAD SUPPORT
Went from extreme left to extreme right
Dropped the republican part of his program, made conciliatory speeches for the Church, and spoke in favour of big-businesses.
LACK OF EFFECTIVE OPPOSITION
Socialists and Nationalists had not united to eradicate Fascism.
Giovanni Giolitti resigned
Socialists called strike in summer of 1922
Strike failed, Mussolini emerged as the 'saviour of nation from communism"
King Victor Emmanuel III did not declare state of emergency, invited Mussolini to power
He did this because:-
Lack of confidence in Luigi Facta (the PM)
doubts as to whether army could be relied on to obey orders
fear of a civil war
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