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Italy became Independent
This is the year that Italy rejoiced their Independence. After Sardinia-Piedmont and France defeated Austria in the Second War of Italian Independence. -
papal strikes taken over by new nation of italy
Shows the amount of land Italty gained -
Failure of First Italo-Ethiopian War with the Battle of Adowa (Adwa)
Ethiopian army dealt the heavily outnumbered Italian soldiers and Eritrean askaris a decisive blow and forced their retreat back into Eritrea. -
Treaty of London
Shows borders and countries involved in TOL -
Mussolini kicked out of Socialist Party for pro-nationalistic sentiments regarding WW I
He wrote the paper but was removed from the party -
Italy invades and takes over Libya
What happened during the Italian invasion of Libya -
Mussolini begins work as editor for the Socialist Party newspaper Avanti
Role in socialist news paper -
D’Annunzio takes Fiume
The land they were promised but did not get. -
Beginning of Biennio Rosso
start of group that banned it -
Fascio di Combattimento formed in Milan
Banner uniting them and showing how they have a strength in numbers -
Mussolini forms alliance with Giolatti
Mussolini won a seat in parliament by being invited by Italy's prime minister -
March on Rome
Mussolini held a march in Rome so pressure is applied vs the King and Prime minister -
Mussolini forms PNF(fascist party) and elected its leader
formed the fascist party and held an election, winning 99.84% of votes -
Corfu incident
Enrico Tellini, an Italian general, and two other officers were murdered in Greece while investigating a border dispute between Albania and Greece. This led to Mussolini to blame Greece and lead a naval bombardment in Corfu -
Acerbo Law passed
The purpose of the acerbo law was to give Mussolini's fascist party a majority of deputies. -
Matteotti Crisis
Giacomo Matteotti, a member of the Italian Parliament, accused Italian fascists of election fraud 1924 general election and Eleven days later, fascists kidnapped and murdered Matteotti. -
Aventine Secession
The anti-Fascist parliamentary opposition to Mussolini of around 100 parliamentary deputies who left their seats on in protest against the Fascist assassination of Matteotti -
Battle of Grains
The Battle of Grains was a propaganda campaign launched in 1925 by Mussolini. He wanted self-sufficiency in wheat production and freeing Italy from the "slavery of foreign bread" -
Battle for Births
This initiative was set by Mussolini in order to increase the population so that Italy may thrive he added benefits for children and loans in order to convince the public to populate. -
Locarno treaty signed
The Locarno Treaties were a series of agreements that guaranteed peace in western Europe and secured post-World War I borders. The treaties aimed to promote peaceful relations. -
Battle of the Lira
The Battle for the Lira was an economic policy made by the Fascists during 1926 to raise the economic power of Italy. -
Battle of Land
The Battle for Land started in 1928. Mussolini wanted to clear the marshland and make it suitable for farming and decreasing health risks. -
Kellogg-Briand Treaty signed
The Kellogg–Briand Pact, also called the Pact of Paris, is a deal from 1928 where countries promised not to fight each other to settle arguments. Germany, France, and the United States signed it on August 27, 1928. It was led by Frank B. Kellogg and Aristide Briand and is still valid today, even though it wasn't part of the League of Nations. -
Lantern Treaty with Pope
The papacy recognized the state of Italy with Rome as its capital. Italy recognized papal sovereignty over the Vatican City. -
Abyssinian Crisis
The Abyssinia Crisis, also called the Walwal incident in Italy, was a big problem in 1935. It started with a disagreement over a place called Walwal and ended up as a fight between Italy, ruled by Fascists, and the Ethiopian Empire. -
Stresa Front
The Stresa Front was an agreement made in a town called Stresa in Italy on April 14, 1935. It was a deal between France, Italy, and Great Britain to stand together against Nazi Germany. According to Patrick Buchanan's "Churchill, Hitler and the Unnecessary War," the Stresa Front was seen as the last chance to stop Hitler before World War II. -
Italian involvement with Spanish Civil War
During the Spanish Civil War, Italy backed the nationalist side against the Second Spanish Republic. Feeling strong after conquering Ethiopia, Benito Mussolini sent support to expand Fascist influence in the Mediterranean. Italy provided weapons, aircraft, troops, and naval support to the Nationalists, helping break the Republican blockade and bombarding cities like Málaga, Valencia, and Barcelona. -
Rome-Berlin Axis Treaty signed
The Rome-Berlin Axis was a team-up between Italy and Germany in 1936. Italy's foreign minister Galeazzo Ciano set it up on October 25, 1936, and it became official with the Pact of Steel in 1939. -
The Munich Agreement
The Munich Agreement, made on September 30, 1938, allowed Germany to take over the Sudetenland in Czechoslovakia. Germany, Great Britain, France, and Italy all agreed to this deal. -
Italy invaded Albania,
In 1939, Italy invaded Albania, led by Benito Mussolini, to expand its empire. Albania was easily taken over, and its king, Zog I, fled to Greece. Italy then ruled Albania alongside its own crown. -
Mussolini brought down by coup during WW II
Benito Mussolini, the fascist leader of Italy, was ousted from power by his own Grand Council. He was then arrested after a meeting with King Vittorio Emanuele, who informed him that the war was lost. Mussolini, in a rare display of meekness, responded to the situation. -
Italy enters WW II on side of Germany
On October 13, 1943, Italy's government declared war on its former ally Germany and joined the Allies in the fight. With Mussolini removed from power and the fascist government collapsing in July. -
Death of Benito Mussolini
He was publicly by the Italian Parisians killed and then hanged in Milan where everyone could see him. -
Death of Benito Mussolini
The Italian dictator Mussolini was executed by a partisan in Giulino di Mezzegra village. Walter Audisio, a communist partisan, is widely believed to have been the one who shot him, but there's been ongoing debate about it in Italy since then.