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Benito Mussolini (1883–1945) was the founder of fascism and dictator of Italy from 1922 to 1943. He led the country into a highly authoritarian regime and then dragged it into the Second World War (1939-45) on the side of Nazi Germany. Mussolini...

Can physical education be part of a totalitarian project to control and reshape the masses? Both the leader of Fascist Italy, Benito Mussolini (1883-1945), and the leader of Nazi Germany, Adolf Hitler (1889-1945), believed that sports could...

Italy occupied Ethiopia for five years, from 1935 to 1941, following a mass-scale invasion launched by the fascist dictator Benito Mussolini (1883-1945). However, Ethiopia had been a long-aimed colonial objective of Italy, which had already...

Mugshot of the future Italian Fascist leader Benito Mussolini (1883-1945), following his arrest by Swiss police for lack of identification papers (19th of June 1903). Mussolini was wrongly identified as "Benedetto" instead of Benito.

Photo of Benito Mussolini (1883-1945) at the gates of Tripoli, Libya, raising the 'sword of Islam' and proclaiming himself 'protector of Islam'. The sword of Islam was a ceremonial propaganda object given to Mussolini to gain the favor of...

Italo Balbo (1896-1940) and Benito Mussolini (1883-1945) during a gala evening in Libya. The appointment of Balbo as governor of Libya was, in reality, a move to exile him over fear that his popularity in Italy could threaten Mussolini’s...

The leader of fascist Italy Benito Mussolini (1883-1945) delivering a speech in Piazza Duomo in Milan in 1930. (German Federal Archives)

Monumental sculpture of the head of Benito Mussolini, the leader of fascist Italy from 1922 to 1945, realised in 1935 near Adwa, Ethiopia. The sculpture was later demolished during the Second World War (1939-45).

Benito Mussolini (1883-1945) at the fascist congress in Naples (24th of October 1922), held as a "general test" for the March on Rome implemented a few days later.

A photo of the leader of fascist Italy Benito Mussolini (1883-1945) at the gates of Tripoli, Libya, raising the "sword of Islam" and proclaiming himself the "protector of Islam" (20th of May 1937). The photo was retouched: the groom holding...