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Chapter 15
Fascism in Italy
Term | Definition |
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Blackshirts | the name given to Mussolini's Fascist squad |
II Duce | the name adopted by Mussolini from 1925 onward. It means 'the leader' |
March on Rome | in 1922 the Fascists marched on Rome to seize power |
OVRA | Mussolini's secret police |
Propganda | the spreading of information |
Corporate State | government departments set up by the Fascist State in Italy |
Battle for Grain | Mussolini encouraged Italian farmers to grow grain so that the country would not need to import it from other countries |
Lateran Pact | a treaty signed between Mussolini and the Catholic Church in 1929 |
Rome-Berlin Axis | a friendly agreement signed by Italy and Germany in 1936 |
The Pact of Steel | a military agreement signed by Italy and Germany in 1939 |
Partisans | resistance fighters |