Italian journalist, fascist dictator and politician, 27th Prime Minister of Italy (born 1883)

Benito Mussolini

Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini was an Italian politician, journalist, and dictator who led Italy as Il Duce from 1922 until his overthrow in 1943. He founded the fascist movement in 1919, with the creation of the Fasci Italiani di Combattimento, which became the National Fascist Party (PNF) in 1921. Mussolini was appointed Prime Minister of Italy after the March on Rome in 1922, establishing a totalitarian dictatorship. He oversaw Italy's participation in World War II as a prominent member of the Axis Powers, and was summarily executed near the end of the war in 1945.

Born

1883

July 29

Died

1945

Era

1880s

Country

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Benito, in brief

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1945 Died

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The world in 1945

When Benito departed

april 1 World War II: The Tenth United States Army attacks the Thirty-Second Japanese Army on Okinawa.
april 11 World War II: American forces liberate the Buchenwald concentration camp.
april 12 U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt dies in office; Vice President Harry S. Truman succeeds him.
april 12 World War II: The U.S. Ninth Army under General William H. Simpson crosses the Elbe River astride Magdeburg, and reaches Tangermünde—only 80 kilometres from Berlin.

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Also born in 1883

John Maynard Keynes 1883–1946 English economist and philosopher (born 1883) Alexander Neill 1883– Scottish educator (died 1973) Anton Webern 1883–1945 Austrian composer and conductor (died 1945) Archibald Wavell 1883–1950 1st Earl Wavell, English field marshal and politician, 43rd Governor-General of India (born 1883) Constance Georgina Adams 1883– South African botanist (died 1968) Enoch L. Johnson 1883–1968 American mob boss (born 1883) Franz Kafka 1883–1924 Czech-Austrian author (died 1924) Ikki Kita 1883– Japanese philosopher and author (died 1937) Ivan Meštrović 1883–1962 Croatian sculptor and architect (died 1962)

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