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=== Birth === | === Birth === | ||
[[File:Mussolini 1897.jpg|left|thumb|272x272px|Benito Mussolini as a child in 1897.]] | |||
Mussolini was born on 29 July 1883 in Dovia di Predappio, a small town in the province of Forlì in Romagna. Later, during the Fascist era, Predappio was dubbed "Duce's town" and Forlì was called "Duce's city", with pilgrims going to Predappio and Forlì to see the birthplace of Mussolini. | Mussolini was born on 29 July 1883 in Dovia di Predappio, a small town in the province of Forlì in Romagna. Later, during the Fascist era, Predappio was dubbed "Duce's town" and Forlì was called "Duce's city", with pilgrims going to Predappio and Forlì to see the birthplace of Mussolini. | ||
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=== Serving in [[World War I|WW1]] === | === 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. | 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. | ||
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=== Instituing a [[dictatorship]] === | === Instituing a [[dictatorship]] === | ||
[[File:Benito Mussolini in the new session of Parliament.jpg|left|thumb|275x275px|Benito Mussolini in the new session of Parliament.]] | |||
After that, he gradually overthrew the democratic system and turned Italy into a one-party Fascist [[dictatorship]] with himself as its leader. He was [[Slavophobia|racist against Slavs]] and the Africans, although he also publicly said "Race is a feeling, not a reality. Nothing will ever make me believe that biologically pure races can be shown to exist today." When he became the leader of Italy he said that a small group of Jews have been in Italy since the days of the Roman Empire and "should remain undisturbed." Nevertheless, he adopted [[Anti-Semitism|anti-semitism]] when he introduced the "Manifesto of Race" which stripped the Jews of their Italian citizenship (despite multiple members of his own fascist party being Jewish) and prevented them from working in 1938, mostly due to heavy influence from [[Adolf Hitler]] and used his private militia (or Blackshirts) to police his country and enforce this ruling in areas that openly resisted, despite this the overall the enforcement of the Manifesto was relatively lax. | After that, he gradually overthrew the democratic system and turned Italy into a one-party Fascist [[dictatorship]] with himself as its leader. He was [[Slavophobia|racist against Slavs]] and the Africans, although he also publicly said "Race is a feeling, not a reality. Nothing will ever make me believe that biologically pure races can be shown to exist today." When he became the leader of Italy he said that a small group of Jews have been in Italy since the days of the Roman Empire and "should remain undisturbed." Nevertheless, he adopted [[Anti-Semitism|anti-semitism]] when he introduced the "Manifesto of Race" which stripped the Jews of their Italian citizenship (despite multiple members of his own fascist party being Jewish) and prevented them from working in 1938, mostly due to heavy influence from [[Adolf Hitler]] and used his private militia (or Blackshirts) to police his country and enforce this ruling in areas that openly resisted, despite this the overall the enforcement of the Manifesto was relatively lax. | ||
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File:Mussolini biografia.jpg|Portrait of Benito Mussolini. | File:Mussolini biografia.jpg|Portrait of Benito Mussolini. | ||
File:Benito Mussolini 1900.jpg|1900, a young Benito Mussolini. | File:Benito Mussolini 1900.jpg|1900, a young Benito Mussolini. | ||
File:Benito Mussolini mugshot 1903.jpg|1903, Benito Mussolini's mugshot. | File:Benito Mussolini mugshot 1903.jpg|1903, Benito Mussolini's mugshot. | ||
File:Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler.jpg|Benito Mussolini and [[Adolf Hitler]]. | File:Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler.jpg|Benito Mussolini and [[Adolf Hitler]]. | ||