Romanian Eagle

Chapter 478: Marching into Rome

After various countries broke up with the Soviet Union and Russia at the Genoa Conference because of the foreign debt problem, Eder's eyes are still focused here. Because the current situation in Italy is unusually chaotic, all this is caused by the war.

Before the First World War, Italy's economy was good, and its fiscal revenue and national income were higher than Austria-Hungary (a lot of information was found). However, in terms of coal, iron and grain, which show the strength of the country, Italy has shown its original shape. Its steel production is 1.42 million tons, and Austria-Hungary, which is one place higher than him, has 5 million tons. Not to mention coal, the output of 700,000 tons is a big joke. Japan, which is short of coal in its own country, has 14 million tons, not to mention other countries with tens of millions or hundreds of millions of tons of output. As for grain, Italy remains at the bottom with 8.1 million tons.

More importantly, Italy's performance in the war was too bad. The battle of backstabbing Austria-Hungary left Italy with a bump in the mountains in the north, and even needed rescue from Britain and France. The navy performed slightly better, but only limited to the blockade of the Austro-Hungarian fleet.

The poor performance on the battlefield is ultimately reflected in the post-war results.

The original condition for Britain and France to give Italy was to give Tyrol, Trieste, Istria, part of the Dalmatian coast and the Dodecanese islands where the Greeks were inhabited. Italy was also allowed to expand its African colonies and participate in the partition of the Ottoman Empire.

But the end result was only given to Trieste and South Tyrol, and nothing else. In particular, the most coveted Istrian Peninsula and Dalmatian coast in Italy have not been obtained. If you get two places, Italy will basically monopolize the Adriatic Sea. However, these two places have been assigned to Serbia (this is one of the reasons why Italy and Yugoslavia were tense before World War II).

The Italian nationals, who failed to gain enough and who themselves suffered heavy losses from the war, quit and ousted the negotiating Prime Minister Orlando. So from 1919 until Mussolini came to power, Italy changed five prime ministers in just three years, which is a manifestation of the violent turmoil in Italian politics.

Of course, the chaos in the political arena also affects other aspects. The most important thing to the public is the economy and public security. After the war, the Italian economy never recovered to its pre-war level. In terms of public security, the world-famous Mafia is also in chaos all over Italy. Their kidnapping, extortion, vendetta and other acts have made the people miserable. And the chaos in the political arena has made these mafia arrogance increasingly arrogant, and at this time a war correspondent broke into the political arena.

Benito Mussolini was born in a small town called Predapio in the province of Ferrara, Italy. The young Mussolini spent three years in the local primary school, and then he was sent to start a Salesian After studying in a boarding school, he was expelled from the school for fighting with his classmates.

Mussolini continued his studies at the Carducci Pedagogical School in Flimpopoli, where he obtained his diploma with honors in 1901. In 1902, he began to live in exile all over the world. He worked as a substitute teacher, worked part-time jobs, lived in no fixed place, and could not eat enough.

In 1905, Mussolini joined the Socialist Party. In 1912, he served as editor-in-chief of the Socialist Party's organ, Vanderbilt. In 1914 he left the Socialist Party and founded the "Italian People's Daily". was drafted into the army. In June 1917, Mussolini was discharged from the army due to injury, and once again served as editor-in-chief of "Italian People".

During this period, Mussolini was deeply influenced by Nietzsche's voluntarism. He praised the subjective fighting spirit, emphasized that the purpose of life is to exert power, and believed that "superman" is the creator of history. Mussolini also studied Pareto's writings and was therefore opposed to popular politics.

"Equality and the rule of the people are human misconceptions," he said.

In practice, the development of personality will be limited. "He also studied the philosophy of Nietzsche and Sorel, which greatly influenced his later thinking.

The political chaos gave Mussolini considerable help, and he used his newspaper to vigorously promote his theory of ***. It is believed that a great country must centralize power in order to ensure development and allow people to live and work in peace and contentment. For this reason, he also gave a lot of examples, from Caesar in ancient times to Napoleon in modern times, and even Eder in Romania was mentioned by him a little (flattered).

With excellent eloquence and publicity, Mussolini established the National Party in 1922. A large number of people who were disappointed with the government joined it, and he was also called "leader" by the party members.

A major opportunity soon ushered in by Mussoniri, who formed the National Party. In 1922, a large-scale strike broke out in Italy because of the rising cost of living and the growing dissatisfaction of workers with their meager wages.

And Musoniiri actually had no prejudice against the striking workers, but as a political figure, he knew his opportunity was coming.

The reason is very simple. Only the government has the ability to stop the strike. However, the current chaos in Italian politics has made the government's blocking behavior empty talk. At this time, as long as the Communist Party can quell the strike, it will greatly increase the prestige of its party and myself. This is a very tempting move for the Communist Party.

What's more insidious is that as long as he can solve the problem of the strike, he can make the rich factory owners donate generously. To put it bluntly, politics is a money-burning game, and the Communist Party sees this very clearly.

So he directed his own party members to sabotage the strike action. And the result is also to his satisfaction, the upsurge of strikes in various places was quelled by the Communist Party.

At this time, public opinion praised the behavior of the Communist Party, and at the same time called Mussolini the savior of Italy, and he also had greater ambitions in the reputation. Since he is known as the savior of Italy, why can't he solve the current chaos in Italian politics?

With this idea in mind, Mussolori immediately set out to realize his ambitions. Years of chaos in the political arena made him feel that there were too many uncertainties in the election, so he thought of taking power by force.

If you want to seize power, you must ensure that the army does not object. So he showed goodwill to the Army. He publicly declared in the newspapers that he had a special respect for the army of Victory Avinas, and took the opportunity to win over the high-ranking army.

At the same time, he also organized the Communist Party into a more militarized black shirt army. It was also made up of the young, strongest and most fanatical members of the party, who only needed an order from the leader to drive into Rome and shred the rowdy MPs.

When he felt that he was almost ready, Mussolini ordered the national mobilization of the Communist Party at the headquarters of the Communist Party and formed the Supreme Command. Subsequently, the Supreme Command issued a letter to the people of the country, announcing the march to Rome. At the same time, he advised the military and police not to fight against them, saying that their goal was only to overthrow the decadent ruling class, to persuade the propertied classes not to be afraid, and to declare that they would protect the legitimate rights of workers and peasants. He also threatened that the Communist Party would be loyal to the royal family, intending to win over the royalists in Italy and trying to reduce the resistance to seizing power.

After everything was ready, Mussolini issued the "Revolutionary Manifesto", and then the black army of 100,000 set off for Rome.

When the *** marched to Rome, most of the government troops and police along the way strictly maintained neutrality. Only a few people led by the Communist Party blocked and opposed this, but due to the disparity in power, they were suppressed by the Communist Party.

After the CCP issued a declaration of battle, almost all political parties were terrified. Some surrendered obediently, while others were wagging their tails and begging for mercy. Some are like mice, hiding secretly. Even a group of congressmen came to the Milanese newspaper to ask Mussolini, who wanted to trade the central government for an armistice or a truce.

Facing the demands of this group of cowardly politicians, Mussolini certainly would not agree. He is still waiting for a message, that is the king's approval.

And he didn't let him wait long. One day later, the king's adjutant, General Sidardini, asked Mussolini to come to Rome quickly, and the king wanted to put the heavy responsibility of forming a cabinet on him. Mussolini's gamble won, and at the same time, the Communist Party became the ruling party of the country from a newly formed party in just over a year. And his way of seizing power has also attracted the attention and learning of many people.

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