Mussolini and up to 30,000 supporters from across the country, the Blackshirts, embarked on a calculated and audacious march to Rome to seize power.
21st June 1919: The German High Seas naval fleet is scuttled at Scapa Flow
21st June 2019
Mussolini and up to 30,000 supporters from across the country, the Blackshirts, embarked on a calculated and audacious march to Rome to seize power.
More than 89% of eligible Italian citizens voted in the referendum, with 54.3% voting in favour of turning the country into a republic.
Mussolini, who was determined to restore the glory of the Roman Empire following the ‘mutilated victory’ of the First World War, had formed the precursor to the Fascist Party in 1919.
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