This article is about the Kingdom of Italy under Fascist rule. For the puppet state of Nazi Germany from 1943–1945, see Italian Social Republic.
Kingdom of Italy
Regno d'Italia(Italian)
1922–1943
Flag
Coat of arms (1929–1943)
Motto: FERT (Motto for the House of Savoy)
Anthem: (1861–1943) Marcia Reale d'Ordinanza ("Royal March of Ordinance") (1924–1943) Giovinezza ("Youth")[a]
All territory ever controlled by Fascist Italy:
Kingdom of Italy
Possessions and colonies before World War II
Occupied territory and protectorates during World War II
Capital
and largest city
Rome
Common languages
Italian
Religion
Roman Catholicism
Demonym(s)
Italians
Government
Unitary constitutional monarchy (1922–1925)
Unitary one-party fascist constitutional monarchy under a totalitarian dictatorship (1925–1943)
King
• 1900–1946
Victor Emmanuel III
Prime Minister and Duce
• 1922–1943
Benito Mussolini
• 1943
Pietro Badoglio[1]
Legislature
Parliament
• Upper house
Senate
• Lower house
Chamber of Deputies (1922–1939) Chamber of Fasces and Corporations (1939–1943)
History
• March on Rome
31 October 1922
• Corfu incident
29 August 1923
• Lateran Treaty
11 February 1929
• Stresa Front
14 April 1935
• Invasion of Ethiopia
1935–1936
• Intervention in Spain
1936–1939
• Invasion of Albania
7–12 April 1939
• Pact of Steel
22 May 1939
• Entry into WWII
10 June 1940
• Tripartite Pact
27 September 1940
• Fall of Fascism
25 July 1943
• Surrender
3 September 1943
Area
1938 (including colonies)[2]
3,798,000 km2 (1,466,000 sq mi)
Population
• 1936
42,993,602
Currency
Lira (₤)
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Kingdom of Italy
Kingdom of Italy
Italian Social Republic
^De facto, as anthem of the National Fascist Party.
Fascist Italy is a term used to describe the Kingdom of Italy governed by the National Fascist Party from 1922 to 1943 with Benito Mussolini as prime minister and dictator. The Italian Fascists imposed totalitarian rule and crushed political opposition, while promoting economic modernization, traditional social values and a rapprochement with the Roman Catholic Church.
According to Payne (1996), "[the] Fascist government passed through several relatively distinct phases". The first phase (1922–1925) was nominally a continuation of the parliamentary system, albeit with a "legally-organized executive dictatorship". In 1923, Italy launched the Second Italo-Senussi war. The second phase (1925–1929) was "the construction of the Fascist dictatorship proper". During the third phase (1929–1935), the fascist Italian regime perpetrated the Libyan genocide. The fourth phase (1935–1940) was characterized by an aggressive foreign policy: the Second Italo-Ethiopian War, which was launched from Eritrea and Somaliland; confrontations with the League of Nations, leading to sanctions; growing economic autarky; the invasion of Albania; and the signing of the Pact of Steel. The fifth phase (1940–1943) was World War II itself which ended in military defeat, while the sixth and final phase (1943–1945) was the rump Salò Government under German control.[3]
Italy was a leading member of the Axis powers in World War II, battling on several fronts with initial success. However, after the German-Italian defeat in Africa, the successes of the Soviet Union on the Eastern Front, and the subsequent Allied landings in Sicily, King Victor Emmanuel III overthrew and arrested Mussolini. The new government signed an armistice with the Allies in September 1943. Nazi Germany seized control of the northern half of Italy and rescued Mussolini, setting up the Italian Social Republic (RSI), a collaborationist puppet state still led by Mussolini and Fascist loyalists.
From that point onward the country descended into civil war, and the large Italian resistance movement continued its guerrilla war against the German and RSI forces. Mussolini was captured and killed on 28 April 1945 by the resistance, and hostilities ended the next day. Shortly after the war, civil discontent led to the 1946 institutional referendum on whether Italy would remain a monarchy or become a republic. Italians decided to abandon the monarchy and form the Italian Republic, the present-day Italian state.
^After the Fall of the Fascist Regime In Italy and Mussolini's fall from power. King Victor Emmanuel III appointed Badoglio as the new Prime Minister of Italy in July 25,1943.
^Harrison, Mark (2000). The Economics of World War II: Six Great Powers in International Comparison. Cambridge University Press. p. 3. ISBN 9780521785037. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
^Stanley G. Payne, A History of Fascism, 1914–1945 (1996) p. 212
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