 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Stephen Lee anozivisa misoro mikuru mitatu mumutemo wokunze waMussolini. Yokutanga yakanga iri kupfuurira kwezvinangwa zvematongerwe enyika zvekunze zvehurumende yeLiberal yapfuura. Italy yorusununguko yakanga yazvibatanidza neGermany neAustria uye yakanga ine vavariro huru muBalkan neNorth Africa. Yakanga yakundwa zvakaipisisa muEthiopia muna 1896, apo paiva nechishuvo chakasimba chokutora nyika iyoyo. Chechipiri kwaiva kuora mwoyo kukuru pashure pokurasikirwa kukuru kweHondo Yenyika I. Mukuona kwevaItaly vakawanda kuwana nzvimbo duku kubva kuAustria-Hungary kwakanga kusina kukwana kuti kuripire mari inotyisa yehondo, zvikurukuru sezvo nyika, dzakadai sePoland neYugoslavia, idzo dzakaparira zvishoma zvikuru kukunda kwevakabatana asi dzakagamuchira zvakawanda zvikuru. Chechitatu chakanga chiri chipikirwa chaMussolini chokudzorera kudada nembiri yoUmambo hwekare hweRoma. 