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31st October 1922: The cabinet of Benito Mussolini formally takes power in Italy

31st October 2019
Tagged as: Blackshirts, Fascism, Italy, March on Rome, Mussolini, Revolution, Rome, Victor Emmanuel III

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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31st October 1922: The cabinet of Benito Mussolini formally takes power in Italy

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