Benito Mussolini

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Benito Mussolini's effects in world war 2 During the 1930's, Mussolini's obsession with demography led him to realize that British and France were finished powers, which led to Italy and Germany wanting to rule all of Europe. They just wanted democratic strength. Mussolini stated his belief that declining birth rates in France were "absolutely horrifying". British's population was one fourth citizens were over 50 years old and Mussolini wasn't into that. He would rather form an alliance with Germany and they had more military power and were already a good form of dominance. As world war 2 began, Ciano and Viscount Halifax were holding secret phone conversations. The British wanted Italy on their side just like they were in world war 1 but the French government was more intended on taking out Italy. Mussolini was more interested in Germany because of the military alliance instead of anyone or any place else. An axis between Germany and Italy had not been entirely official , but during that month the pact of steel treaty was signed outlining the "friendship and alliance". The pact of steel was an offensive and defensive military alliance. Italy joined the Germans in the Battle of France, fighting the fortified Alpine Line at the border. Just eleven days later, France surrendered to the axis Powers. Included in Italian-Controlled France was most of Nice and other southeastern counties. While all that was happening. In Africa, Mussolini's Italian East Africa forces attacked the British in their Sudan, Kenya and British Somaliland colonies. British Somaliland was conquered and became part of the Italian East on august 3rd 1940. Religion Outlooks Mussolini was raised by a very catholic mother and also raised by a non religious father... ... middle of paper ... ...945, near the village of Dongo (Lake Como), as they headed for Switzerland to board a plane to escape to Spain. During this time Clara's brother posed as a Spanish consul. After several unsuccessful attempts to take them to Como they were brought to Mezzegra. They spent their last night in the house of the De Maria family. Mussolini's legacy was survived by his wife, Rachele Mussolini, two sons, Vittorio and Romano Mussolini, and his daughters Edda, the widow of Count Ciano, and Anna Maria. A third son, Bruno, was killed in an air accident while flying a P108 bomber on a test mission, on 7 August 1941. His oldest son, Benito Albino Mussolini, from his marriage with Ida Dalser, was ordered to stop declaring that Mussolini was his father and in 1935 forcibly committed to an asylum in Milan, where he was murdered on August 26 1942 after repeated coma-inducing injections

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