Benito+Mussolini

1883-1945 Born in Italy, lived there for most of his life (lived in Switzerland for a little while).
 * Benito Mussolini (AKA //IL Duce)//**
 * IL Duce means The Leader
 * Fascism is a form of government where the country is more important than each person.



http://www.grolier.com/wwii/wwii_mussolini.html
 * Here are a few links to some websites:**

http://www.fofweb.com/NuHistory/default.asp?ItemID=WE52&NewItemID=True http://school.eb.com/all/comptons/article-9276004?query=benito%20mussolini&ct=null **Biography:** Benito Mussolini, named after Benito Juárez, the Mexican revolutionary, was born in 1883 in Predappio, near Forli, Italy. At different times in his life he was a teacher, a newspaper editor, a socialist, a soldier, and, not the least of all, a Fascist dictator. He founded the Fascist party in 1914. He became the dictator of Italy in 1922 and ruled until 1943. He was allies with Germany and Japan in WWII. In 1945 he and his mistress were captured by Italians and shot the following day. Their bodies were hung from meathooks on the roof of a gas station in Milan. On April 30, 1945, two days after Mussolini's death, Adolf Hitler claimed his own life in a bunker in Berlin.

This is where Mussolini was born: media type="googlemap" key="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&q=Predappio+Forl%C3%AC-Cesena,+Emilia-Romagna,+Italy&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=18.892024,30.849609&ie=UTF8&cd=1&geocode=FV0CoQIdWdO2AA&split=0&ll=44.226504,12.049255&spn=0.265632,0.482025&z=10&iwloc=addr&output=embed&s=AARTsJoFCU3CPL9fZ3VanAAmzLofin8C9w" width="425" height="350"
 * World War II:** In 1939 the Italians and Germans formed the Pact of Steel. This stated that the countries would aide each other if one country went to war. The invasion of Sicily on July 10, 1943, marked the beginning of the end for Italy in World War II. After the invasion, codenamed Operation Husky, the Allies captured Sicily and moved on to Italy. The Americans had pretty much defeated the Italian army, but the German army came into Italy and fought us. The Italian people didn't have the will to fight anymore, so except for the Germans, there was very little resistence in Italy.

As you probably know, we had to make an analogy between a random object and our VIP. This is the analogy I made between Benito Mussolini and a penguin. 'Benito Mussolin is like a penguin because a penguin is black and white, and black and white are exact opposites. Mussolini's views contrasted a lot, too. Mussolini started of as an avid Socialist. He was a strong disapprover of World War I, and even bragged that he was an "Anti-patriot." In 1915, for an unknown reason, he suddenly changed his stance on the war. He began to encourage the war. He moved to the far right from the far left and became a Fascist, the exact opposite of a Socialist. After becoming a Fascist, he believed that the country as a whole is more important than each person. So, as a penguins colors contrast, so did Benito Mussolini's political views.'

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