Why Did Benito Mussolini Come To Power

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Among the main figures that follow the idea of fascism and helped Mussolini to take power and control in the Peninsula, Giovanni Giolitti and Gabriele D’Annunzio, supporting him, allowed to the expansion of the fascist doctrine and to the ascent of this in the Government.

The reforms made by Benito Mussolini in 21 years vary between social, cultural and architectural changes in a country dissatisfied after the “ mutilated victory” and in need of a figure to raise the tricolor, but an important consideration is how Mussolini came to power with the advent of October 1922, the March on Rome, that indicates the strength of the Fasci and instability of the Italian monarchy.

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