3. Benito Mussolini
• “Il Duce”
• founds National Fascist Party
(1919)
• developed fascism
• March on Rome (1922)
• consolidated power
4. Italy Under Mussolini
• totalitarianism
–propaganda
–festivals and holidays
–proud Roman heritage
• outlawed opposition
5. Invasion of Ethiopia
(1935)
• promote militarism
• Ethiopia was an easy target
• Haile Selassie – Ethiopian leader
–appealed to League of Nations
–economic sanctions
• international condemnation
• no opposition – appeasement
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7.
8. Play-by-Play
• 1919 – Mussolini founds the
National Fascist Party
• 1922 – March on Rome
• 1935 – Invasion of Ethiopia
9. other fascist states…
• Spain
–Spanish Civil War
• Francisco Franco – fascist
leader
• Hitler tested his new Luftwaffe
in aiding Franco
• Fascists (aka nationalists)