WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

THE WORLD BETWEEN THE WARS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which totalitarian leader infamously employed the “black shirts” to stop opposition to his political party?
A
Shang Kei Scheck
B
Benito Mussolini
C
Adolf Hitler
D
Joseph Stalin
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -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.

Detailed explanation-2: -Benito Mussolini was an Italian political leader who became the fascist dictator of Italy from 1925 to 1945.

Detailed explanation-3: -Fascist Party (PNF), in full National Fascist Party, Italian Partito Nazionale Fascista, political party formed by Benito Mussolini in November 1921 and dissolved in 1943 after he was deposed.

Detailed explanation-4: -Mussolini was a fiery and charismatic speaker. He promised to end corruption and replace turmoil with order. He also spoke of reviving Roman greatness, pledging to turn the Mediterranean into a “Roman lake” once again. “combat squads.” The squads wore black shirts to emulate an earlier nationalist revolt.

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