Editing Benito Mussolini (section)

=== Serving in [[World War I|WW1]] ===
[[File:Mussolini bersagliere.jpg|left|thumb|235x235px|Benito Mussolini dressed as a bombard during [[World War I|World War 1]].]]
He initially served in [[World War I]] beginning in 1915 and soon became a nationalist. Overall, he totaled about nine months of active, front-line trench warfare. During this time, he contracted paratyphoid fever. His military exploits ended in 1917 when he was wounded accidentally by the explosion of a mortar bomb in his trench. He was left with at least 40 shards of metal in his body. He was discharged from the hospital in August 1917.