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* 1 Scurtă trecere în revistă a dictaturii lui Benito Mussolini * 2 Biografie timpurie * 3 Conflicte cu Mișcarea Socialistă Italiană și anii primului Război Mondial * 4 Dictatorul Fascist Mussolini, "Il Duce" * 5 Intervențiile armate în Etiopia, Spania * 6 Al Doilea Război Mondial * 7 Moartea lui Benito Mussolini
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Benito Mussolini
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Benito Mussolini | |
Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini (n. 29 iulie, 1883, Predappio lângă Forlì – d. 28 aprilie, 1945, Giulino di Mezzegra lângă Como) a fost conducătorul fascist al Italiei între anii 1922 și 1943. A creat un stat fascist utilizând propaganda și teroarea de stat. Folosindu-și carisma, controlul total al mediei și intimidarea rivalilor politici, a ruinat sistemul democratic de guvernare existent. Intrarea sa în cel de-al Doilea Război Mondial alături de Germania lui Hitler a făcut din Italia o țintă pentru atacurile Aliaților, ceea ce a dus în final la căderea dictaturii fasciste mussoliniene și moartea lui. În noiembrie 2004 a fost votat al 34-lea mare italian într-un sondaj de opinie TV. * 1 Scurtă trecere în revistă a dictaturii lui Benito Mussolini * 2 Biografie timpurie * 3 Conflicte cu Mișcarea Socialistă Italiană și anii primului Război Mondial * 4 Dictatorul Fascist Mussolini, "Il Duce" * 5 Intervențiile armate în Etiopia, Spania * 6 Al Doilea Război Mondial * 7 Moartea lui Benito Mussolini

Ca prim-ministru al Italiei pentru o perioadă de aproape 21 de ani, și mai apoi președinte al Republicii Sociale de la Salo (Repubblica Sociale di Salò), Benito Mussolini ar fi vrut să redea Italiei gloria Romei Antice și strălucirea Renașterii Italiene.
Economic, pe plan intern, a reușit să reducă sensibil șomajul și să îmbunătățească serviciile prestate de Căile Ferate Italiene, să organizeze Poliția Statului, să înceapă lupta împotriva Mafiei din Sicilia și sudul Italiei.
Prețul acestor aparente realizări economice deosebite a fost denigrarea practic totală a poporului italian și a primului său ministru în afara teritoriului țării, în special la Liga Națiunilor Unite.
A invadat Etiopia în 1935 și a participat la Războiul civil din Spania (1936 - 1939) de partea generalului Francisco Franco, fiind în același timp criticat de Marea Britanie și Franța, ambele puteri coloniale.
Benito Mussolini nu a fost, în mod evident, nici religios și nici moral. Deși, la începutul anilor 1920 a interzis organizațiile catolice ale tineretului italian, mai târziu, în 1929, a îmbunătățit - într-un fel - relațiile cu Biserica Romano-Catolică prin semnarea Concordatului cu Papa Pius XI, la 11 februarie 1929. Conform documentului, papei este recunoscută suveranitatea Papalității asupra Vaticanului, iar catolicismul devine religie de stat în Italia. În schimb, Papalitatea recunoștea statul italian. Astfel se încheia o dispută veche din 1871.
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Biografie timpurie
Născut la Dovia, în Italia, în 29 iulie 1883, ca fiu al unei învățătoare de țară și al unui fierar. Școala elementară o face în Dovia. Natura sa rebelă și indisciplina sa "naturală" se văd încă din timpul frecventării școlii secundare, la Predappio, pe care a terminat-o cu greu, la 14 ani, fiind de mai multe ori aproape de exmatriculare. Trimis apoi la Faenza, la un liceu al Călugărilor Silezieni, se revoltă din nou, contra ordinii și diciplinei impuse, fiind exmatriculat. Trimis în cele din urmă la un liceu public din Forlí, îl termină cu dificultate datorată, din nou, naturii și comportamentului său anarhice. După terminarea liceului, pentru o scurtă perioadă de timp, a predat într-o școală elementară. În 1902, pleacă în Elveția unde trăiește pe apucate, prestând tot felul de munci necalificate. În timpul șederii sale în Elveția, a intrat deseori în conflicte cu poliția locală pentru vagabondaj și încăiereri. În 1904 se întoarce în Italia pentru satisfacereaserviciului militar obligatoriu. Predă, din nou, în școli elementare, între 1907 - 1908. În 1909, se mută în Trent, Austria, astăzi Trento, Italia, unde a lucrat pentru un ziar de orientare socialistă, lucrând, în același timp, la câteva din scrierile sale timpurii. Din nou, intră în conflict cu autoritățile locale, de data asta cu cele din Austria, pentru poziția sa public revanșardă față de pretențile teritoriale ale Italiei la regiunea din jurul orașului Trent. Ca urmare, este expulzat dinAustria. După reîntoarcerea în Italia, editează un ziar socialist în Forlí, și, ulterior, devine editor la un alt ziar socialist, "Avanti!", considerat la vremea respectivă cel mai important ziar socialist din Italia.
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Conflicte cu Mișcarea Socialistă Italiană și anii primului Război Mondial
La declanșarea Primului Război Mondial, Benito Mussolini intră în conflict deschis cu conducătorii Partidului Socialist Italian pentru poziția sa deschis și vehement exprimată de intrare a Italiei în război împotriva Germaniei.
Ca rezultat direct al "nesupunerii" sale față de politica partidului, la 25 noiembrie 1914, Mussolini este expulzat din Partidul Socialist Italian.
Imediat, Mussolini înfințează propriul său ziar, Il Popolo d'Italia (Poporul Italiei, în limba română), în care scrie editoriale virulente prin care încerca să determine schimbarea opiniei publice în sensul dorit de el cu scopul de face ca Italia să intre în război.
Când Italia a intrat în război, Benito Mussolini s-a încris ca voluntar în armată, devenind caporal, precum un alt caporal celebru, Adolf Hitler.
În război, a servit efectiv pe câmpul de luptă, din septembrie 1915 până în februarie 1917 când a fost rănit și apoi demobilizat.
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Dictatorul Fascist Mussolini, "Il Duce"
În martie 1919, mai exact la 23 martie, Mussolini fondează la Milano primul grup politic de orientare fascistă (a se vedea Fascism), fasci di combattimento ['fa:ʃʃi di kombat:i'me:nto ].
Inițial programul grupului său politic avea o orientare strict naționalistă, căutând să atragă categoria largă a veteranilor Primului Război Mondial. Ca un laitmotiv, Mussolini insista pe refacerea gloriei Romei antice.
Mai târziu, realizând că grupul său țintă de veterani de război nu este suficient pentru realizarea țelurilor sale politice, Mussolini adaugă o altă componentă programului său fascist, care se adresa specific italienilor bogați, proprietari de companii și terenuri.
În octombrie 1922, Mussolini organizează "Marșul asupra Romei" (Marcia su Roma). La ordinul său, mii de fasciști se îndreaptă spre Roma pentru a prelua puterea. Intimidat și temându-se de un război civil, regele Victor Emanuel III îl desemnează pe Mussolini drept prim-ministru. În anii următori, Mussolini preia treptat întreaga putere, luându-și titlul de "Il Duce" și impunând în Italia cultul propriei personalități.
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Intervențiile armate în Etiopia, Spania
În 1935 și 1936, având ca bază de operații militare Somalia, care era deja o colonie italiană la acea vreme, forțele militare italiene invadează (la 3 octombrie 1935) și cuceresc cu ușurință Etiopia, țară pașnică, practic lipsită de forțe armate.
Absolut fără nici o glorie, folosind armament dintre cel mai modern pentru acea vreme (tancuri, tunuri, mitraliere, mortiere, puști, pistoale, gaze de lupta, etc.), armata italiană măcelărește, în maniera clară a unui genocid atât populația pașnică cât și pe acei care s-au încumetat cu vitejie să opună agresorilor doar arcuri cu săgeți și sulițe.
Cu aceeași ocazie, armata italiană cucerește cu ușurină evidentă și restul rămas necucerit al Somaliei, cât și teritoriile pe care se găsesc astăzi Djibouti și Eritreea.
În 1936, când Războiul Civil din Spania a izbucnit cu furie, divizând națiunea spaniolă în două, atât Adolf Hitler cât și Benito Mussolini hotărăsc, de comun acord, să sprijine prin toate modurile posibile liderul rebel spaniol, generalul Francisco Franco. Printre alte ajutoare militare, așa cum ar fi armament, muniție și bani, Mussolini trimite trupe italiene (circa 70.000 soldați între 1936-1938), care participă în lupte, în mod deschis, de partea naționaliștilor generalului Francisco Franco.
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Al Doilea Război Mondial
După ce germanii invadaseră și ocupaseră aproape total Franța, trupele fasciste italiene intră în sudul Franței. Câteva zile mai târziu, Franța capitulează.
Cu excepția acestei "victorii de paie", trupele italiene au avut parte doar de dezastre oriunde s-au aflat: în Africa de Nord, în Grecia și, la sfârșitul războiului, chiar în Italia. De fapt, pentru o bună bucată de vreme, trupele germane au susținut puternic trupele italiene chiar pe teritoriul italian salvându-le de la un dezastru mai timpuriu. Dezastrul, soldat cu colapsul total al funcționalității armatei italiene, s-a produs odată cu deschiderea celui de-al doilea front de luptă în Italia în 1943 și înaintarea inexorabilă a aliaților de la sud spre nord.
Marele Consiliu Fascist s-a întors împotriva lui Mussolini în iulie 1943 acuzându-l de toate dezastrele militare italiene și retrăgându-i toate prerogativele de conducător. Mussolini a fost apoi arestat din ordinul regelui Victor Emanuel III, care l-a desemnat ca prim-ministru pe mareșalul Badoglio. Noul guvern a trecut de partea Aliaților.
Mussolini e eliberat de un comando german condus de Otto Skorzeny și instalat în fruntea unui stat-marionetă, în nordul Italiei, așa-numita Republică de la Salo.
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Moartea lui Benito Mussolini
În primăvara lui 1945, când era clar că Axa pierduse războiul, după înfrângerea totală a armatelor germane din nordul Italiei, Benito Mussolini, împreună cu amanta sa, Clara Petacci, încearcă să fugă spre Elveția.
Cei doi se ascund într-o vilă, pe malul lacului Como, vilă ce fusese pregătită de mult ca refugiu în caz de dezastru. Partizanii italieni comuniști îi capturează la Dongo și fără judecată, „pentru crime împotriva poporului italian”, îi execută prin împușcare.[1] Cadavrele lor sunt duse la Milano și atârnate cu capul în jos, agățate de călcâie de o bară de acoperiș, împreună cu cadavrele altor câtorva demnitari fasciști, în fața unei benzinării mari a companiei Esso din Piazzale Loreto. La spectacol au asistat mii de italieni și numeroși militari ai armatei americane. Înainte de a fi atârnate, cadavrele au fost lăsate o vreme pe jos, în piațeta Loreto, înconjurate de mulțime. Unii loveau cadavrele cu picioarele, iar craniul lui Mussolini a fost strivit . Mai târziu, rămășițele pământești ale „Ducelui” au fost înmormântate în secret, de teama unor demostrații ale credincioșilor săi suporteri și/sau epigoni. În 1957-1958, la cererea văduvei sale, Benito Mussolini a fost deshumat și înmormântat lângă Predappio.

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...John Stuart Mill and Benito Mussolini: On the Nature of Social and Economic Progress of a Nation. Eric Joo April 27, 2015 SS 102 Professor Marr Word Count: 1659 -Mill: As for the matter of liberty, it’s clear that individual liberties must be upheld as of utmost importance. Its diminution comes at the price of social, economic, and political progress. -Mussolini: What about the state interests? Is that not of utmost importance to you? Social and economic progress can only come when the individual serves the interests of the state. All other alternatives simply a hinderance to the notion of progress. -Mill: It is actually USEFUL for society if its individuals have maximum diversity and variety of opinion. Even if those opinions are dissenting or outright “wrong.” All opinions have value in that they all lead to social progress....

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