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Brief Look at Benito Mussolini

Benito Mussolini was born on July 29, 1883 in Predappio. The
son of a blacksmith he was largely self-educated. He became a
schoolteacher and a socialist journalist in northern Italy. In 1910
he married Rachele Guidi who bore his five children. Mussolini was
jailed in 1911 for his opposition to Italy’s war in Libya.
Soon after his release in 1912 he became editor of the
socialist newspaper in Milan, “Avanti!”. When WWI began in 1914
Mussolini advocated Italy’s entrance into the war on the allied side
and was expelled from the socialist party. He then started his own
newspaper in Milan, Il Popolo d’Italia (The People of Italy) which
later became the origin of the Fascist Movement. In 1916 Mussolini
enlisted in the military. After his promotion to sergeant he was
wounded and in 1917 he returned to his paper.
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