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 was captured and shot by Italian partisans in April 1945.
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29 Jul 1883Benito Mussolini is born in Dovia di Predappio.
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23 Mar 1919Benito Mussolini creates the Fasci Italiani di Combattimento.
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9 Nov 1921Benito Mussolini creates the National Fascist Party.
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28 Oct 1922Benito Mussolini's March on Rome.
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1935 - 1936Second Italo-Ethiopian War.
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3 Oct 1935 - 5 May 1936Second Italo-Ethiopian War.
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24 Oct 1936Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler sign the Rome-Berlin Axis.
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17 Nov 1938Racial laws are passed in Fascist Italy.
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10 Jun 1940Italy enters the Second World War.
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25 Jul 1943The Grand Council of Fascism passes a vote of no confidence in Benito Mussolini, who is then arrested.
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23 Sep 1943Benito Mussolini creates the Italian Social Republic, a puppet state of Nazi Germany.
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25 Apr 1945Liberation of Italy from Nazi-fascism.
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28 Apr 1945Benito Mussolini is executed in Dongo by a group of partisans.
