Benito Mussolini was a fascist dictator of Italy whose greatest accomplishment was starting fascism. He started out as a socialist, but in 1919, he founded the fascist party. In 1922, Mussolini became the prime minister of the country. In 1925, he founded the fascist party. In 1922, Mussolini became the prime minister of the country. In 1925, he announced that the government of Italy was now becoming a dictatorship and he would assume the role of dictator. He began to measure himself as a leader against Adolf Hitler and by 1937 Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany became an unofficial alliance called the Axis. Between 1937 and 1943, mussolini did not prepare his army very well and he became embarrassed at the state of it. Mussolini admitted to his peers that he was the most hated man in Italy due to his failure in his army. On July 25, 1943, King Victor Emmanuel III, who had remained the constitutional head …show more content…
He used propaganda to make his citizens believe in him and to mend his relationship with the catholic church after he tried to convince the country to become atheists. He was a very powerful man who was able to squash the strikes of workers and have them to continue their work. Mussolini was also an intelligent man who had a strategy to make sure that he always got his way. he gave two thirds of the vote to those who were on his side. Mussolini was in some ways a strong leader. Along with his strengths, Mussolini also had many weaknesses. His main weakness was when it came to the economy. Je tried to improve the economy of Italy in many ways, but he did not understand how the economic state work which caused him to fail miserably. He also failed in his attempts at gaining land due to him weakening the army. Along with these failures, he as horrible with foreign relations. Mussolini trusted the Nazis and isolated Italy from the rest of Europe. Mussolini did not understand many things that he needed to in order to be a successful