Benito Mussolini

- Was born in the Romagna region of central Italy, and was the son of a blacksmith.

-Before the First World War he was a journalist and revolutionary socialist.

- He was banned for the Italian Socialist Party because he was in favour of Italy going to war.

- After his service in the war he went onto to found his own newspaper and then onto develop the Fascist Movement.

- On October 29th 1922 he was appointed as Prime Minister, where he established a one-party state in Italy.

- In 1940 he led Italy in the Second World War.

-- He was eventually hung by Italian communists after his dictatorship collapsed.

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