Transcript Benito Mussolini

Benito Mussolini
The Prime Minister of Italy
(1922-1943)
Benito Mussolini
• Full name: Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini
• He and his supporters were fascists, or
people who believed in authoritarian political
ideology that forces a unity in a country such
as religion, ethnic, race, etc. His fascism
focused on the militarism and nationalism.
Seizure of Power
Italy’s situation
• Italy was not able to get much land at the
1919 Paris Peace Conference
• This encourage the Italian people to the rise
of fascism in Italy.
• Democracy in Italy at the time was not
working well.
– Citizens were looking for a leader who would be
able to change Italy.
Seizure of Power
Mussolini starts rising
• Benito Mussolini, who was a
newspaper editor and a politician
at the time, was trying to get the
hold of the people’s support.
• His name gradually spread
throughout the country.
• Mussolini’s private army wearing
black shirts attacked his rival
parties on the street and this
action gave a terror to his
opponents.
Seizure of Power
Mussolini’s capture of power
• Due to Mussolini’s actions, the
government started to break down.
– Seeing this, Mussolini stood up and
became the savior.
• In October 1922, 30,000 fascists
marched on Rome, threatening the
King Victor Emmanuel III to give
Mussolini the power.
• The king did not love the former
liberal politicians, so he agreed to
give Mussolini the power
His leadership
• Mussolini became Il Duce (ihl Doochay), meaning the leader.
• He enforced fascism throughout his
country.
– He forced all the other political parties to be illegal
and he also got rid of the democracy.
– His opponents were put to jail by his secret police.
The government took control of all the radio
stations and all the other Medias to broadcast only
the doctrines of the fascism.
What would the citizens of Italy think about the
fascism that Mussolini is enforcing?
No freedom?
Revolution?
Assassinate Mussolini?
NOOOOOOO!!!!!!
The most people supported Mussolini!!!
But how did Mussolini gain that much support…??
Government by Propaganda
• One of the reasons why Mussolini was able to gain
supports from the people was the use of propaganda.
– Propaganda = message such as posters made to convince
people’s mind, sometimes with lies
• Mussolini and his government controlled all the multimedias including radio, press, newspaper and
education to force people to think that fascism was
the right and the best doctrine.
• Propaganda was also used to ensure the national
spirit for the people in Italy and remind people how
powerful Mussolini was.
Propaganda Posters
This is a propaganda convincing people
to not spread any inside information
Propaganda Posters
The poster on the far right shows the slogan by Mussolini. It says,
“Believe, Obey, Fight”. School taught these 3 discipline to the
students.
Propaganda Posters
Propaganda portraying Mussolini as a perfect man