'We shall succeed because we shall work,' said Mussolini, and no one worked harder - or more visibly - than he did. He spent days touring the province, escorted by a claque of blackshirted Fascist Party functionaries, a small army of body guards and a train of journalists and photographers convincing his people to follow him and create a new Italian empire. In the following essay I will briefly explain why the Italian people …showed first 75 words of 2071 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2071 total…him , and had two passsions in life: to shape Germany's forien policy toward war and conquest and to create a mighty millitary machine for which he would achieve his goal.         Benito Mussolini founded fascism and ruled Italy for almost 21 years. He dreamed of building Italy into a great empire but he led his nation into defeat in World War II, a war which proved to be the down fall for his and the Nazi party.