History of the United States II / Unit 12 USH2 1651 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Mussolini's Fascism
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The idea
In nineteen nineteen Benito Mussolini founded the Fasci Italiani di Combattimento, feeding on Italians' sense that the Versailles settlement had betrayed them.
In practice
The Yawp's phrase for that grievance: a mutilated victory, Italy's second-tier reward for fighting on the winning side.
Where people slip
In nineteen thirty-five, in defiance of the League of Nations, Mussolini invaded Ethiopia, the Yawp records.
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