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Hello, and thank you for listening to a history of World War II podcast, Episode 3, Mussolini,

Part 1.

Benito Mussolini, the father of authoritarian nationalism, later labeled fascism, was

born on July 29, 1883.

He was named after Benito Juarez, the Mexican revolutionary who executed Emperor Maximilian.

And yes, there will be a biography episode on Hitler that will take us up to where we

started with him in Episode 1.

Sorry about that.

Over the bed Mussolini was born on hung two pictures.

One was of the Virgin Mary, hung by his mother, Larosa, and the other was of Giuseppe Garibaldi,

the revolutionary liberator of Sicily, hung by his father, Alessandro.

The two images symbolized the struggle in Mussolini's head and heart throughout his life.

I think it's safe to say the father won.

Mussolini's father and grandfather were anti-Clarical and socialist to the point of being under

constant surveillance by local authorities.

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