ABSTRACT

If one considers Fascism to be a political movement of the right aiming at totalitarianism, undoubtedly it was established in Italy by Benito Mussolini. Founded in Milan on 23 March 1919, his movement took the name of the Fasci Italiani di Combattimento. Within a few years the Fascist movement had gained power, as a consequence of the March on Rome of 28 October 1922, and very soon it took complete control of society under the government of the Duce (Leader) Mussolini.