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Mussolini’s Domestic Policy and Achievements

By garikaib|2025-02-12T09:39:36+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level History Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

Mussolini giving a speech.

ZIMSEC O Level History Notes: Dictatorship in Europe: Dictatorship in Italy: Benito Mussolini: Mussolini’s Domestic Policy and Achievements

One of Mussolini’s major aim was economic self-sufficiency with policies like the battle for grain, the battle for babies and the battle of the LIRA.

Battle of Grain

Mussolini encourage […]

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Benefits of Mussolini’s domestic Policy

By garikaib|2025-02-12T09:40:04+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level History Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

Circus Maximus was cleaned as part of Mussolini’s domestic policies. Image credit umass.edu

ZIMSEC O Level History Notes: Dictatorship in Europe: Dictatorship in Italy: Benito Mussolini: Mussolini’s Domestic Policy and Achievements

Employment creation through the public works and other employment schemes in the army and in industries.
Transport and communications were […]

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Negative effects of Mussolini’s domestic policies

By garikaib|2025-02-12T09:40:42+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level History Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

Anti-fascist protester being arrested

ZIMSEC O Level History Notes: Dictatorship in Europe: Dictatorship in Italy: Benito Mussolini: Negative effects of Mussolini’s domestic policies

People lost their freedom of expression because of censorship.
There was lack of individual freedom.
Not all Italians were employed.
Loss of lives as those who opposed Fascim […]

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Mussolini’s Foreign policy

By garikaib|2025-02-12T09:41:26+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level History Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

Benito Mussolini with Adolf Hitler. Image credit Smithsonian Magazine

ZIMSEC O Level History Notes: Dictatorship in Europe: Dictatorship in Italy: Benito Mussolini: Mussolini’s Foreign policy

Foreign expansion

As things got difficult at home Mussolini started embarking on foreign adventures.
He praised glories of war and promised the recreation of the Roman Empire […]

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The rise of Mussolini and the Fascists party

By garikaib|2025-02-12T09:34:13+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level History Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

A mugshot of young Benito Mussolini. Image credit blogspot.com

ZIMSEC O Level History Notes: Dictatorship in Europe: Dictatorship in Italy: Benito Mussolini: The rise of Mussolini and the Fascists party

Benito Mussolini was born in 1883 at Dovia and his mother was a school teacher.
He was once a socialist […]

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How Mussolini established total control in Italy between 1922 and 1930

By garikaib|2025-02-12T09:38:19+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level History Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

Mussolini during one of his rallies.

ZIMSEC O Level History Notes: Dictatorship in Europe: Dictatorship in Italy: Benito Mussolini: How Mussolini established total control in Italy between 1922 and 1930

Benito Mussolini took several steps to establish and consolidate his power in Italy.