in Milan and formed a national organization. After World War I In 1919, after the war had ended, Mussolini reconstituted the Milan fascio, using the new name Fasci italiani di combattimento ("Italian league of combatants"). Other fasci of the same name were created, with the common goal of opposing all those– including the king and state– whose specific leanings were deemed to be depriving Italy of the fruits of victory in the war. According to H. W. Schneider, the new Milan fascio was formed of roughly the same people who had been members of the older fascio in 1915, but with a new name and a new objective. On 7 November 1921 the Partito Nazionale Fascista (PNF), National Fascist Party, came into existence. After World War II In Italy, after World War II, the term fascio is used as pejorative for neo-fascista. Other Italian Fasci Fasci of the Veneto led by Dino Grandi and Pietro Marsich References Italian Fascism National syndicalism it:Fascio littorio#I fasci in epoca moderna