Countdown to War ITALY: How Mussolini's Fascists Prepared for WWII
Simon Whistler · December 27, 2022 · 27 min video · Europe & NATO
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In October 1922, Rome is under siege, attacked from all sides by a vast horde of angry young Italians. There is no guarantee that the king, his parliament, or even the foundations of the state itself will survive. These Italian upstarts are fascist adherents to the doctrine of a man who hopes to place the whole nation under his authority.
Benito Mussolini is marching on Rome, and he will not be deterred. As Mussolini and his forces encircle the king, his presence is a thinly failed threat. Meet our demands, we'll be overrun.
The king had the troops to start a civil war, and hell, he might even win it, but Mussolini is before him now, right now, and he's daring the king to oppose him. The king, able though he may be, just doesn't have the stomach for it, and as he stands aside, he will open a door that the fascists will pour through.
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