Benito Mussolini was an Italian dictator who was born on April 28, 1945. He is most known as the creator of the Fascist party in Italy. He was also known for making himself a dictator and holding power in Italy. Mussolini played a big part during World War II. When he was young, he tried to follow his father's political footsteps. He was a socialist until he was kicked out of the party for supporting world war I. On March 1919, he formed the Fascist party. The party was done to show opposition to any social class discrimination and to support nationalism. Increasing Fascist influence, Benito Mussolini formed a para-military unit called the “black shirts”. They often terrorized many political opponents. In 1922, Italy was having political
