WORLD WAR II 1941 1945
THE START OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR
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secret police
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censorship
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propaganda
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listening to ideas of the people
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Detailed explanation-1: -He declared all political parties illegal except for his own Fascist Party. He outlawed labor unions and strikes. He also established a political police force, the Organization for Vigilance and Repression of Antifascism. A Fascist Grand Council rubber-stamped Mussolini’s decrees and made parliament irrelevant.
Detailed explanation-2: -In 1922 Mussolini led a coalition of fascist leaders to Rome and forced the king to yield the government. Mussolini was appointed prime minister. By 1925 he had dismantled Italy’s democratic government and, acting as a dictator, declared himself Il Duce ("The Leader").
Detailed explanation-3: -In 1921, the Italian King Victor Emmanuel III dissolved Parliament amidst growing violence and chaos. Elections brought a huge win for the Fascists, with Mussolini taking a seat as a deputy in Parliament. The party changed its name to Partito Nazionale Fascista.
Detailed explanation-4: -His government expelled all opposition, including Socialist members and arrested all Communist members of Parliament. He abolished local elections and reinstated the death penalty for political crimes.