Benito Mussolini: Difference between revisions

'''Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini''' (1883-1945) was an [[Fascist Italy|Italian fascist]] politician who was leader of Italy from 1922, pretty much up to his death. Unlike his German contemporary [[Adolf Hitler]], [[The Man Behind the Man|he was never in official command of his nation]] due to King Victor Emmanuel nominally being Mussolini's boss.

 

 

Today, he is most famous for being the [[Older Than They Think|first fascist ruler of any country]], and for his colonial war against Ethiopia in 1935 (called Abyssinia at the time) which proved the ridiculous incompetence of the [[Doomed Moral Victor|League of Nations]]. He was a close ally of [[Adolf Hitler]] and fought on [[Nazi Germany]]'s side during the war, although the Italian Army were [[Stop Helping Me!|more of a hindrance to the Nazis than a help]]. To be fair, when Hitler wanted Italy to enter the war, Mussolini said what amounted to [[Unfinished, Untested, Used Anyway|Can it wait until I've industrialize my country in five years?]] (this may have been a random number chosen to delay Italian entry ''indefinitely''...until Germany [[Curb Stomp Battle|annexed half the continent with ease]], at least).

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