Italy in WW2

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The power sharing arrangement that the fascist had in the Italian governments in the 1920s helped to prepare some of its members to handle parts of the economy well when the global depression hit. The investment in what we call "infrastructure" was an appropriate public use of money. The modernization of healthcare in the 1930s put many women through medical schools so they could staff the village and town clinics built as part of the public works program. These useful public works and the hydroelectric plants created to power the "re-birth" of the Roman Empire under Mussolini and his fascist technocrats planned to build and rule. The move towards autarky in the 1930s was a wasteful and foolish plan to be self-sufficient in a way that Italy never was during the actual era of the Roman Empire.

So while the public health and the infrastructure spending was appropriate and helpful to Italian society, war and autarky were economically disastrous distortions of a nationalist economic system. The disaster that was the "struggle for wheat" and the "struggle for iron" and entry into war on the side of Germany sank the Italian economy. Ultimately Mussolini's will to create a self-sufficient militaristic state trumped the good of an advanced public health system and an advanced public building program that relieved the effects of the great depression and provided a modern road system that aided commerce.

In balance the modernization of the Italian economy .in the 1920s-1930s under the fascist leadership of Mussolini accomplished the task that other European nations and the United States accomplished in the 1910s through progressive and socialist governments. The corporatist state under the "progressive" fascists was similar to the accomplishments of the pro-business associationalist Republicans of the 1920s US. The public spending of the fascists in the 1930s was more targeted and less restricted than the moderate governments of Great Britain, France and the United States. There were admirers of Mussolini's control of the labor unions in many countries from Argentina, Brazil and China to the United Kingdom and the United State,s where the Luce family's publishing empire promoted Italian style fascism and the corporatist state for "getting the trains to run on time." It was a high price to pay, switching from inefficient, elected, representative government to a fascist dictator just to crush the labor unions, but members of the upper class in the US and UK were interested in the idea. Fortunately the public in those countries were not interested in making a switch to Italian fascism.

To make Germany a strong and powerful country.

In order to do that, HE THOUGHT it was best to destroy and get out all Jews - he said that they poisoned the German bloods - -when he came to power, he made show no German person had sex or married a Jew.

His goal was make Germany the most powerful country in the world - beat Britain - that's why he declared war on Britain by breaking the treaty - he didnt want Germany to be ruled by England.

Mussolini bred savage horses who were known to terrorize local villages(they hadn't had their pockets picked, if you catch my drift)

Topwards the Pact of London (26th april 1915)Italy wanted to gain Trentino and South Tyrol (until the natural border of Brennero), Venezia Giulia (Trieste...), Istria except Fiume, part of Dalmatia and many adriatic islands

Germany is made up of the very similar to catholic denomination Lutheranism. The reason for that is that Martin Luther a German monk reformed from the Catholics and created his very very similar denomination Lutheranism. He did that to save the church from corruption and destruction, so it would be safe. Do you get it?

Benito Mussolini. Mussolini started his political career in the early 1900's after the end of the first world war as a journalist and a socialist. He soon got caught in the rightwing hysteria that was taking place in Italy and elsewhere in Europe, and helped to organize the Black Fascist League. He was able to take over the country but still allowing the King to officially head the country. In the 1930's, he was not fond of Adolf Hitler but eventually by 1938, to ally himself to the Nazi dictator. Mussolini never did share Hitler's antisemitism and never did carry out any actions against Italian Jews. Mussolini was relegated to a junior partner because the Italian military disgraced itself over and over again in North Africa, Albania, Greece and even in France when she invaded Southern France but was stopped by the French. Mussolini contributed large forces to the Soviet Union but suffered major losses, especially during and after the Battle of Stalingrad. The final drama was when the Allies conquered Sicily and invaded Italy. They even bombed Rome which doomed Mussolini. He was captured by partisans in the northern region of Italy in 1944 but was rescued by German special forces. Eventually he was arrested along with his mistress and was executed in Milan in early 1945. Both were strung up-upside down and spat on by thousands of angry Italians. Hitler was notified about his execution which led him to commit suicide and not be captured by the Russians!

Because of his majorely facist (forceful) ways, Mussolini was hated among his people and after Italy fell in 1945, his country began to revolt and start a revoluton. Fearing for his saftey, Mussolini attempted to leave Italy, but was discovered by revolutionaries and kidnapped.

He was violently killed. He was hung upside-down, among several of his highest officers, from a low bridge, until the force of his blood running to his head ultimately killed him. It was extrremley painful and gruesome, as his head slowly bulged from the weight of the blood and his brain burst from too much fluid in his skull. His body was then dragged through the streets by a horse as revolutionaries paraded and cheered.

There's only one that comes to mind and that's Syria. Syria even has direct roots comparing to The Third Reich. There may be other countries whom still have Fascist leaderships but I can only think of Syria right now.

* Because Italy realized that the Central Powers (the side that they originally were on) were losing, and Italy, not heavily invested in the causes behind the war, wished to gain the port city of Fiume, which was currently owned by Austria-Hungary. When it was evident that they would not receive Fiume by staying with the Central Powers, Italy joined forces with the Allies, who agreed that Italy could have Fiume, if she could capture it.

The government in the UK (not the women) decided that children should be evacuated from large cities, especially from London, and accommodated in smaller communities in the countryside. That was quite a culture shock for the children and for the homes in which they were accomodated. After some months, many of the children drifted home to the cities.

Benito Mussolini had a great deal of enemies during his lifetime because of his fascist ideals and his alliance with Hitler. However, he was a charismatic man and had many followers and supporters during his revolt and leadership of Italy.

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Italy did not suffer near so much as the other losing powers in WWII. Perhaps this was because Italy had changed sides in 1943 and many of her men had fought against the Germans. Nonetheless Italy did suffer quite a lot. * The Italian colonial empire was stripped away - every last acre. * The country had seen much hard fighting up and down the peninsula and the destruction of towns and cities was horrific. The nation was financially ruined. * The armed forces were decimated, not so much with casualties but loss of equipment. For example, the once proud navy of Italy was essentially nonexistent by wars end. * Small territories to the northeast were taken away from Italy and given to Slavs to govern. On the positive side, Italy was allowed free elections (which oddly, produced a strong showing by communists, gathering about 25% of the vote). Italy remained unified. The nation was not occupied by the Soviets such as were various other loosing nations....and thus the country was not enslaved, raped, pillaged and looted. Italy was allowed to rejoin the family of nations rather quickly - NATO, Common Market (now the EU), United Nations, etc.

Germany did NOT want to go to war with the US. But Germany DID want to go to war with the Soviet Union (RUSSIA), and did. The best way to defeat an enemy is to have him fighting on two sides (two fronts). Germany was already fighting Russia (Soviet Union) on the western side (western front), and needed to have Russia (Soviet Union) fighting on an Eastern side (eastern front). Japan had a reputation for fighting Russia, once in 1904-1905 (Russo-Japanese War-Japan won), and again in 1939 at NOMANHAN (Japan lost) located near Siberia. With that kind of record, Germany felt Japan might help Germany fight the Russians (again)...if Germany helped out Japan fight the United States, then Japan might return the favor. Three days after Pearl Harbor, on 11 December 1941, Germany declared on the United States. What Germany didn't know, was Japan was real tired of fighting Russia!

because Italy was hard hit by the first world war and with the economics at the time the country felt that they needed a stong prime minister who would build Italy back into a power house. v similar to Hitler and stailin and all ended up as dictators yet none were brought to power as dictators. all were part of parties with new plans for their countries x

The Allies invaded France because of its close proximity to Germany. If they had invaded some where else like Greece, Denmark, or Norway (other countries occupied by Germany) they would have to move their troops much farther to reach Germany. There was also a resistance in France that would help them overthrow the Germans. Once France was captured Germany was right next door, and they could direcly bomb them

He believe that he was a "new Julius Caesar". He dreamed of a new Roman Empire, but he wanted it to be bigger and stronger. When he won the Second World War he would call his new empire Greater Italy. His belief was probably the same as every other dictator throughout history: he was a god and he wanted to be worshipped.

Europe (mostly eastern), russia, poland, that area. Who did Italy, Germany, and Japan invade in World War II

Here are some chracteristics of any kind of facist government.

1. Powerful and Continuing Nationalism - Fascist regimes tend to make constant use of patriotic mottos, slogans, symbols, songs, and other paraphernalia. Flags are seen everywhere, as are flag symbols on clothing and in public displays.

2. Disdain for the Recognition of Human Rights - Because of fear of enemies and the need for security, the people in fascist regimes are persuaded that human rights can be ignored in certain cases because of "need." The people tend to look the other way or even approve of torture, summary executions, assassinations, long incarcerations of prisoners, etc.

3. Identification of Enemies/Scapegoats as a Unifying Cause - The people are rallied into a unifying patriotic frenzy over the need to eliminate a perceived common threat or foe: racial , ethnic or religious minorities; liberals; communists; socialists, terrorists, etc.

4. Supremacy of the Military - Even when there are widespread domestic problems, the military is given a disproportionate amount of government funding, and the domestic agenda is neglected. Soldiers and military service are glamorized.

5. Rampant Sexism - The governments of fascist nations tend to be almost exclusively male-dominated. Under fascist regimes, traditional gender roles are made more rigid. Divorce, abortion and homosexuality are suppressed and the state is represented as the ultimate guardian of the family institution.

6. Controlled Mass Media - Sometimes to media is directly controlled by the government, but in other cases, the media is indirectly controlled by government regulation, or sympathetic media spokespeople and executives. Censorship, especially in war time, is very common.

7. Obsession with National Security - Fear is used as a motivational tool by the government over the masses.

8. Religion and Government are Intertwined - Governments in fascist nations tend to use the most common religion in the nation as a tool to manipulate public opinion. Religious rhetoric and terminology is common from government leaders, even when the major tenets of the religion are diametrically opposed to the government's policies or actions.

9. Corporate Power is Protected - The industrial and business aristocracy of a fascist nation often are the ones who put the government leaders into power, creating a mutually beneficial business/government relationship and power elite.

10. Labor Power is Suppressed - Because the organizing power of labor is the only real threat to a fascist government, labor unions are either eliminated entirely, or are severely suppressed.

11. Disdain for Intellectuals and the Arts - Fascist nations tend to promote and tolerate open hostility to higher education, and academia. It is not uncommon for professors and other academics to be censored or even arrested. Free expression in the arts and letters is openly attacked.

12. Obsession with Crime and Punishment - Under fascist regimes, the police are given almost limitless power to enforce laws. The people are often willing to overlook police abuses and even forego civil liberties in the name of patriotism. There is often a national police force with virtually unlimited power in fascist nations.

13. Rampant Cronyism and Corruption - Fascist regimes almost always are governed by groups of friends and associates who appoint each other to government positions and use governmental power and authority to protect their friends from accountability. It is not uncommon in fascist regimes for national resources and even treasures to be appropriated or even outright stolen by government leaders.

14. Fraudulent Elections - Sometimes elections in fascist nations are a complete sham. Other times elections are manipulated by smear campaigns against or even assassination of opposition candidates, use of legislation to control voting numbers or political district boundaries, and manipulation of the media. Fascist nations also typically use their judiciaries to manipulate or control elections.

Mussolini became Prime Minister of Italy in1922
It appears that Mussolini first took over Italy in 1922. At the least, that is the year in which he was appointed to be Prime Minister after threatening to overturn the government.
1922
Came to power in 1922
On 31 October 1922.

Benito Mussolini.

-Revolutionary War

-War of 1812

-The battle of the Alamo and the related battles against the Mexicans

-The Mexican-American war (different from above)

-The Civil War

-World War 1

-World War 2

-Korean War

-Vietnam War

-Persian Gulf War

-The fighting today in Iraq and Afghanistan isn't technically war, but you might also want to include that.

After Mussolini was deposed, an armistice was arranged between Lieutenant General Maxwell D. Taylor and the new Italian government on 3 September 1943. The armistice was made official and announced on September 8.