Labels:text | man | human face | person | clothing OCR: ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ Mussolini, Benito Benito Mussolini Founder and leader ("Il Duce") of the Italian Fascist party, Mussolini was a brilliant orator and propagandist. Gaining power in 1922, he dominated Italy for two decades. In 1914, abandoning his former socialist allegiances and antiwar stance, Mussolini took up the battle cry of Fascism: "Now that steel has met steel, one single ory must come from the heart - Viva l'Italia!" After military service, he founded the Italian Fascist movement in 1919, and three years later threatened to march on Rome unless the government prevented an impending national strike. King Victor Emmanuel III responded by appointing Mussolini prime minister. From 1924 to 1940 Il Duce successfully carried out social reforms and public works programs, and invigorated the economy Benito Mussolini, Italian Fascist with the support of industrialists and landowners. leader and dictator, 1883-1945 Mussolini invaded Ethiopia in 1935, and brought Italy into World War II as Adolf Hitler's ally. Dismissed by his own government in 1943, LLLL LILL he and his mistress, Claretta Petacci, were shot dead by Italian partisans while attempting to escape to Austria in 1945. CHRONOLOGY
