WORLD HISTORY

INTER WAR YEARS 1919 TO 1939

FASCISM IN ITALY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Mussolini’s “combat squad” supporters were known as the
A
ideology
B
totalitarian state
C
Black Shirts
D
March on Rome
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Blackshirt, Italian Camicia Nera, plural Camicie Nere, member of any of the armed squads of Italian Fascists under Benito Mussolini, who wore black shirts as part of their uniform.

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: -Blackshirt. / (ˈblækˌʃɜːt) / noun. (in Europe) a member of a fascist organization, esp a member of the Italian Fascist party before and during World War II.

Detailed explanation-4: -Black Shirts, colloquial term originally used to refer to the members of the Fasci di combattimento, units of the Fascist organization founded in Italy in Mar., 1919, by Benito Mussolini. A black shirt was the most distinctive part of their uniform. The Black Shirts were mainly discontented ex-soldiers.

Detailed explanation-5: -Many Italians accepted their terror actions because they had no faith in the government. Mussolini organized his supporters into combat squads. The squads wore black shirts to represent earlier revolts. Thus they were called “Black shirts".

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