WORLD WAR II 1941 1945
THE START OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR
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required unquestioning loyalty to the leader.
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helped increase religious tolerance.
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hindered imperialistic goals.
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led pro-democracy movements.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Blackshirts were established as the Squadrismo in 1919 and consisted of many disgruntled former soldiers. It was given the task of leading fights against their bitter enemies – the Socialists. They may have numbered 200, 000 by the time of Mussolini’s March on Rome from 27 to 29 October 1922.
Detailed explanation-2: -In 1919, Mussolini organized his fascist movement in the northern city of Milan. He formed squads of street fighters who wore black shirts. His “Blackshirts” beat up socialists and communists and threw them out of local governments. The communist revolution in Russia had taken place only two years earlier.
Detailed explanation-3: -a member of a fascist organization, especially the Italian Fascist militia, wearing a black shirt as part of the uniform.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Black Shirts were mainly discontented ex-soldiers. Ultranationalist, they posed as champions of law and order and violently attacked Communists, socialists, and other radical and progressive groups. They broke up strikes, destroyed trade union headquarters, and drove socialist and Communist officials from office.