Monster Essays - Benito Mussolini
Benito Mussolini
Benito Mussolini was the founder of Italian Fascism and premier of
Italy ruling as a dictator from about 1925 until his dismissal in 1943.
Mussolini was born to a socialist blacksmith. As a child he was unruly and
undisciplined. He shared his fathers views picking up other ideas from authors
of the time. Mussolini became a schoolteacher and journalist. He spent several
years in Switzerland and took Rachele Guidi as is wife, they had five children.
In 1913 Mussolini became editor of the Milan Socialist newspaper Avanti!
When World War 1 began in 1914 he first opposed Italy's involvement, until he
changed his mind, saying that Italy should tak....
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