March on Rome Benito Mussolini




mussolini , quadrumviri during march on rome in 1922: left right: michele bianchi, emilio de bono, italo balbo, , cesare maria de vecchi


in night between 27 , 28 october 1922, 30,000 fascist blackshirts gathered in rome demand resignation of liberal prime minister luigi facta , appointment of new fascist government. on morning of 28 october, king victor emmanuel iii, according albertine statute held supreme military power, refused government request declare martial law, led facta s resignation. king handed on power mussolini (who stayed in headquarters in milan during talks) asking him form new government. king s controversial decision has been explained historians combination of delusions , fears; mussolini enjoyed wide support in military , among industrial , agrarian elites, while king , conservative establishment afraid of possible civil war , thought use mussolini restore law , order in country, failed foresee danger of totalitarian evolution.








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