Mussolini Factfile Born in small town of Predappio in the Romagna in 1883 Son of a Catholic Schoolmistress and a blacksmith with revolutionary views Not academic, but had strong character – being noted for his bullying and overpowering nature After leaving school Mousolini had a few teaching jobs in village schools 1902 Mussolini went to Switzerland, where he did odd jobs He did read widely and was soon preaching the need for revolution Returned to Italy in 1904 to …showed first 75 words of 288 total…

…showed last 75 words of 288 total…riots in favour of intervention He was conscripted into the army in 1915 Reached only rank of corporal 1917 a training accident caused him to be invalided out of the war He returned to "Il Popolo d’Italia" Throughout 1918 his paper sought to create a new political movement that wanted to promote nationalism and social reform July 1918 he claimed that the paper was not socialist but instead was the "newspaper of combatants and producers" Bibliography My Ass