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Benito Amilcare Anrea Mussolini (July 29, 1883 – April 28, 1945) was an Italian who led the National Fascist Party and is credited with being one of the key figures in the creation of Fascism. He became the Prime Minister of Italy in 1922 and began using the title Il Duce by 1925. Mussolini continued on in this role until he was replaced in 1943; for a short period after this until his death Mussolini was the leader of the Italian Social Republic.

Trivia about mussolini

  • He wrote a novel called "The Cardinal's Mistress" before he was called "Il Duce"
  • In October 1922, he became the youngest prime minister in Italy's history
  • In the 1920s this Fascist leader of Italy set up a puppet regime in Albania & reconquered Libya
  • This dictator had his son-in-law Galeazzo Ciano shot for treason in 1944
  • Following the lead of Germany, this man declared war on Britain & France in June 1940
  • In 1936, he announced the Roman Empire was restored & the king was now Emperor of Ethiopia, too
  • Known as "Il Duce", as a boy he was expelled from school for stabbing another student
  • A dictator: Il Duce
  • In April 1945 this leader & his mistress were executed at Lake Como
  • On April 28, 1945 Clara Petacci died alongside this man, her lover for more than a decade
  • One reason this fascist Italian dictator adopted the Roman salute may have been a fear of shaking hands
  • In WWII Churchill called this fascist "the bullfrog of the Pontine marshes"
  • In his teens, he became a teacher; too bad about that career change to "Fascist leader of Italy"
  • He was the first of Europe's 20th century fascist dictators
  • In 1922, after his Fascisti marched on the capital, he became Italy's P.M. & most powerful politician
  • Built during the 1400s, Rome's fabulous Venezia Palace served as this man's headquarters in the '20s & '30s
  • Appointed Ambassador to France in 1922, Carlo Sforza resigned over this new Italian premier's policies
  • Somehow, this fascist dictator stole Clara Petacci's heart, & hundreds of their love letters are missing
  • April 27, 1945: Ex-world leader now. Bummer! Today, I'll escape Italy & live like it's the 2nd-to-last day of my life

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