explain the politics of the fascist. how did they lead to the second world war?
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The rise of fascism in Italy began during World War I, when Benito Mussolini and other radicals formed a political group (called a fasci) supporting the war against Germany and Austria-Hungary.
The first meeting of Mussolini’s Fasci of Revolutionary Action was held on January 24, 1915.
For the next several years, the small group of fascists took part in political actions, taking advantage of worker strikes to incite violence.
Around 1921, the fascists began to align themselves with mainstream conservatives, increasing membership exponentially.
Beginning in 1922, Fascist paramilitaries escalated their strategy from attacking socialist offices and homes of socialist leadership figures to violent occupation of cities, eventually setting their sites on Rome.
During the so-called “March on Rome,” Mussolini was appointed Prime Minister of Italy.
From 1925 to 1929, Fascism steadily became entrenched in power. Opposition deputies were denied access to parliament, censorship was introduced, and a December 1925 decree made Mussolini solely responsible to the King.
Since the end of World War II in 1945, few parties have openly described themselves as fascist, and the term is instead now usually used pejoratively by political opponents. The descriptions neo-fascist or post-fascist are sometimes applied more formally to describe parties of the far right with ideologies similar to, or rooted in, 20th-century fascist movements.