Mussolini - The Rise and Fall of Italy's Dictator Documentary

Benito Mussolini documentary on the rise and fall of Il Duce: the 1922 March on Rome, Fascist dictatorship, the alliance with Hitler and his death in 1945. A Socialist journalist at first, Benito Mussolini, born at Dovia di Predappio in 1883, founded the Fascist movement in 1919 and took power after the March on Rome in 1922, when King Victor Emmanuel III appointed him prime minister. As Il Duce he built a one-party dictatorship, signed the Lateran Treaty with the Vatican, invaded Ethiopia and allied Italy with Nazi Germany, taking the country into the Second World War in June 1940. The documentary follows his removal from office in July 1943, his rescue by the Germans at Gran Sasso and his rule over a German-backed state in northern Italy, until partisans captured and shot him in April 1945. Watch next Adolf Hitler - Führer of Nazi Germany:    • Adolf Hitler - Führer of Nazi Germany Docu...   Haile Selassie - Emperor of Ethiopia:    • Haile Selassie - Emperor of Ethiopia Docum...   Related playlists Fascist Leaders:    • Fascist Leaders   Infamous Dictators:    • Infamous Dictators   Leaders of World War Two:    • Leaders of World War Two   Subscribe:    / @peopleprofiles   Our second channel, Dynastic Profiles:    / @dynasticprofiles   Support us on Patreon:   / thepeopleprofiles   Buy us a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/peoplepr... Every People Profiles documentary is written, narrated and edited by human beings, and all our scripts are checked for AI and plagiarism. All footage, images and music used in People Profiles videos are sourced from free media websites or are purchased with commercial rights from online media archives. People Profiles serial number: PP242 #BenitoMussolini #WW2 #PeopleProfiles