Mussolini, Benito
World Encyclopedia | Date: 2005
Mussolini, Benito (1883–1945) Italian fascist dictator, prime minister (1922–43). Mussolini turned to revolutionary nationalism in World War I, and in 1919 founded the Italian fascist movement. The fascists' march on Rome in 1922 secured his appointment as prime minister. Mussolini imposed one-party government with himself as
Il Duce (lit. ‘the leader’), or dictator. His movement was a model for Adolf
Hitler's Nazi Party, with whom Mussolini formed an alliance in 1936. Imperial ambitions led to the conquest of Ethiopia (1935–36) and the invasion of Albania (1939). Mussolini delayed entering World War II until a German victory seemed probable in 1940. A succession of defeats led to his fall from power. Mussolini was briefly restored by the Germans as head of a puppet government in
n Italy, but in April 1945, fleeing Allied forces, he was captured and killed by Italian partisans.
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