Mussolini
- Background
- atheist because of father
- got into trouble as a child
- Coming to power
- King asked Mussolini to become Prime Minister
- thought he would keep communism out of Italy
- While in power
- Fascism
- "Nothing outside the state, nothing above the state, nothing against the state."
- Everything benefits country
- Nationalism, imperialism, militarism
- Cause of WWI
- "Made the trains run on time"
- Kept Italy in order
- WWII
- wanted to dominate Mediterranean and parts of Africa
- by end of war, Italians hated Mussolini
- shot to death and beaten
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