He ruled constitutionally until 1925, when he dropped all pretense of democracy and set up a legal dictatorship
Fascism - Known as Il Duce (The Leader), Mussolini was the founder of Italian Fascism
In 1912 Mussolini was the leading member of the National Directorate of the Italian Socialist Party (PSI)
Prior to 1914, he was a keen supporter of the Socialist International, starting the series of meetings in Switzerland that organised the communist revolutions and insurrections that swept through Europe from 1917
Mussolini was expelled from the PSI due to withdrawing his support for the party's stance on neutrality in World War I
He served in the Royal Italian Army during the war until he was wounded and discharged in 1917
Mussolini denounced the PSI, his views now centering on nationalism instead of socialism, and later founded the fascist movement
Following the March on Rome in October 1922 he became the youngest Prime Minister in Italian history until the appointment of Matteo Renzi in February 2014
After removing all political opposition through his secret police and outlawing labor strikes, Mussolini and his followers consolidated their power through a series of laws that transformed the nation into a one-party dictatorship
Within five years he had established dictatorial authority by both legal and extraordinary means, aspiring to create a totalitarian state
Mussolini remained in power until he was deposed by King Victor Emmanuel III in 1943
A few months later, he became the leader of the Italian Social Republic, a German client regime in northern Italy; he held this post until his death in 1945
Mussolini had sought to delay a major war in Europe until at least 1942
However, Germany invaded Poland on 1 September 1939, resulting in declarations of war by France and the United Kingdom and starting World War II
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Fascism should more appropriately be called Corporatism because it is a merger of state and corporate power.
War is to man what maternity is to a woman. From a philosophical and doctrinal viewpoint, I do not believe in perpetual peace.
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