FASCISM Fascism was a reaction against social and political changes broght about by World War I and the spread of socialism and communism. It developed in Italy and spread to other European countrys after 1919. Italian fascism was founded on March 23, 1919 by Benito Mussolini. The early fascist program, which consisted of mostly war veterans who wore black shirts as part of their uniforms, was a mixture of left and right-winged ideas that emphasized intence nationalism, productivism, …showed first 75 words of 312 total…

…showed last 75 words of 312 total…a dictator. He destroyed civil liberties, outlawed all other political parties, and imposed a totalitarism regime on the country by means of terror and constitutional subversion. Public works projects, propaganda, militarism, and the appearance of order gave Mussolini considerable prestige. Later on Italian fascism (which was closely realated to German Nazism) led Italy to join forces with Germany in World War II. After the war fascism was completely wiped out and a republic was built.