1. The treaty basically cheated Italy out of land that was promised to them by the Allies if they sided with the Allies. After the war the Allies never gave italy their land so that didn't trust the Allies. So in WW2 they weren't going to side with us.
2. They at first under King Vittirio Emmanuele so they were a Monarchy then In 1922 Benito took over and slowly turned it into a Dictatorship. Under Benito the country turned into a Dictatorship and the people hated him. At first he was well liked then hated. They made a song about him.
3. Benito went into the Army during world war 1 and slowly wared his way up the ranks. After WW1 him and a couple of his friends that were veterns. They formed a group called the National Facist Party. The group was slowly gaining the likeness of the people. Then in 1922 the king had Benito come and set up a government.
4. He was strengthing the government and economy and making in steady. He then started to really strenghten their military to make them more of a threat. After turning the country around and gaining peoples support he turned into a vicious dictator. Got support from the working class. Scared the people so if the people Didnt vote for law that they would be punished. So he told them what to do pretty much. Set up his own secret police kind of like Hitlers. His people had no voice in the economy and what Benito said goes.
5. His goals were to set up a strong military and gain full power over the government and get the land Italy was promised and never got.
6. To get a strong navy. Get Submarines and light weight tanks, and a great army so they could dominate the land and sea.
7. There role in WW2 was that they like Germanys like best friend. they were as axis power and him and Hitler were kind of like best friends. Their was a lot of fighting their in Italy is was a huge area we wanted.
8. Germany and Japan the Axis powers.
9. They ended by killing Benito and slowly tried to work there way up to more stable government and have a good leader.
http://comandosupremo.com/mussolini.html/2
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_Fascism
http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/mussolini_dictatorship.htm
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