- Italy was fragmented into “city states”, similar to today’s Vatican city (size)
- Many states reorganized to form Italy
- secret alliance in WWI, turned into a stalemate with the Austrians
- did not get any monetary thanks from the allies, they were not happy.
- Moussolini (il Duce) promised to fix all of italy’s problem, and the people accepted him due to their poor economic situation at the time.
- socialism shifts to nationalism in italy
- He believed that not every worker was equal and that the Italians were superior
- “black shirts” enforce his power
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