British Pathé - On 28 October 1922, Benito Mussolini and 30,000 Italian Blackshirts staged a march on Rome, demanding rule in Italy. The next day, Mussolini was invited to form a government,
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Eric J. Lyman on Twitter: "One hundred years ago today, #Fascist # Blackshirts under #Mussolini marched on Rome a seized power, the first modern Fascist government in Europe and the start of a #
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