Why did many Italians support the fascists after ww1?

Answer 1

I had the chance to talk with an Italian business man that lived in Italy during World War II. He fully hated the fascists, and used most of his money against it. However, many businessmen in Germany were great supporters of Hitler bringing the country out of the depression since World War I, so they struck many sorts of pacts and deals with Hitler. They benefited from Hitler.

Answer 2

Italy was controlled at the time by the fascists under Benito Mussolini. The fascists and the Nazis in Germany had similar ideologies that involved a racialized way of looking at human beings and a hierarchical Caste System as well as militarism and territorial expansionism. The alliance was natural on ideological grounds.

Answer 3

Hitler assumed command of Germany after the humiliation of treaty of Versailles. Hitler's defiant antics and nationalistic fervor appealed to masses and they supported him to resurrect a nation burdened under defeat and failure. Similarly Benito Mussolini of Italy in the beginning raised voice against social discrimination and class system. This appealed to the Italian public. His initial steps for agriculture and economy as also gained him masses' support.

Answer 4

Most Italians were indifferent to Mussolini and fascism. Italy's alliance with Germany and its entry into the Second World War wasn't very popular either. when the Italian king overthrew Mussolini and surrendered to the allies, Hitler reinforced German units in Italy and began rounding up Italian soldiers in Greece and the Balkans. on the Greek island of cephalonia, Italian and German forces clashed and resulted in the systematic massacre of 5,000 Italian POWs by German forces. Additionally, after Italy's surrender, many resistance groups emerged and the Italian fought very hard against their German occupiers. it became clear that the Italians were not in support of Mussolini and truly opposed fascism.

Answer 5

Hitler and Mussolini made it very believable that people like the Jews and Gypsies were the cause of the war. Many Germans were killed while attacking Jews and Hitler exclusively warned Jewish people to stop this or else. When WW2 started, everyone believed it was the fault of the Jewish.