1921:Mussolini forms the Facist Party.
1921-1922: Mussolini changes tactics seizing power.
1922: Facists and Communists fight in Italian streets.
February 6, 1922: The Armaments Congress ends and Italy limited naval construction, outlawed the use of poisonous gases, and restrcited submarine attacks.
October 26, 1922: Mussolini realizes the March on Rome.
October 31, 1922: Mussolini becomes Prime Minister.
July 1923: Mussolini makes new electoral laws for parliament.
1929: Great Depression begins; Italy was not affected much yet.
1935: Invasion of Ethiopia by Italy.
October 1936: Italy and Germany forms the Rome-Berlin Axis.
1938: Facist Grand Council abolishes Parliament.
1939: Italy becomes a totalitarian state.
June 10, 1940: Italy along with Germany invaded France.
October 1940: Italy invades Greece but fails.
May 22, 1939: Italy and Germany sign the Pact of steel forming a military alliance.
September 27, 1940: Germany, Italy, and Japan enter into the Axis Pact.
1941: Italy and Germany declares war to the United States.
April 28 1945: Mussolini is killed by Walter Audisio.
Italy in Totalitarian Regimes
Italy in the Totalitarian Regimes had a very active participation. In 1922 a dictator named Benito
Mussolini became Prime Minister the in 1925 transformed Italy into a dictatorship. He had this
militarism form of ruling using the army to gain control over the people. He controlled the Estate
by fascism which produced fear in the people to keep them quiet. He had his followers in the
streets patrolling every corner of Italy he also took control of the communication so the people
where afraid of the power of Mussolini. Until his downfall in 1943. He was overthrown and
imprisoned by the people since they didn’t agree with all the war since the people were affected.
In the end Mussolini was bailed out of the prison and later assassinated by Italian Partisans.
Italy in the Great Depression
In Italy, as in many other countries, the years immediately after 1929 were characterized by amajor slowdown in economic activity. The economic recession experienced by many countries at
the end of the 1920s and at the beginning of the 1930s the Great Depression also affected Italy.
The economic growth, and also the industrialization of Italy was no that different form those
other countries that were a power in economy, such as Great Britain, France and United States.
The most industrialized countries were the ones who suffered great part of the great depressionsinfluence and crisis. The Great Depression in Italy happened as follows: 1.-Persistent decline in
international trade. 2.- Large fall in hours worked and production in the tradable sector, but
negligible changes in the non-tradable sector. 3.- Large fall in investment. 4.- Stability of the real
wages.
At the end of the 1920’s, Italy started to implement a protection to the economy, like import
tariffs and currency control. At the end of the Great Depression, Italy had formed a new policy
project, such that they wouldn’t have another great economic breakdown.
Bibliography
Fabrizio Perri & Vincenzo Quadrini. "The Great Depression in Italy: Trade Restrictions and Real Wage Rigidities∗." BFC. New York University, 1999. Web. 12 Mar. 2011.
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