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Showing posts with label Blackshirts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Blackshirts. Show all posts
17 May 2025

Giulio Carlo Argan – art historian and politician

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Award-winning art expert switched from Fascism to Communism Giulio Carlo Argan was a major figure in the arts as well as politics Art histor...
4 June 2024

Dino Grandi - politician

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Fascist who ultimately turned against Mussolini Dino Grandi was a member of the Fascist Grand Council The Fascist politician Dino Grandi was...
27 September 2023

Vittorio Vidali - communist revolutionary

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One-time Russian agent ultimately elected Italian deputy and senator Vittorio Vidali became an agent of the Russian Communist Party The revo...
28 October 2022

The March on Rome

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The insurrection that put Fascists in power Mussolini (second left) walked alongside Cesare Maria de Vecchi during part of the March on Rome...
23 August 2022

Giovanni Minzoni - priest

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Devout Catholic murdered for opposing Fascists Giovanni Minzoni objected to the Fascist youth movement in his town Don Giovanni Minzoni, a C...
15 June 2021

Carlo Scorza - politician and journalist

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Blackshirt who was last party secretary of Mussolini’s Fascists  Carlo Scorza was a prominent figure in Mussolini's notorious Blackshirt...
6 June 2019

Italo Balbo - Fascist commander

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Blackshirt thug turned air commander was Mussolini’s ‘heir apparent’ Italo Balbo was the commander of Italy's air force in the 1930...
29 October 2017

King appoints Mussolini Prime Minister

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Victor Emmanuel turned to Fascist leader after fearing civil war Victor Emmanuel III Victor Emmanuel III, the king of Italy, invi...