<P> In October 1922 , Mussolini took advantage of a general strike by workers and announced his demands to the government to give the Fascist Party political power or face a coup . With no immediate response , a small number of Fascists began a long trek across Italy to Rome which was known as the `` March on Rome '' , claiming to Italians that Fascists were intending to restore law and order . Mussolini himself did not participate until the very end of the march , with D'Annunzio being hailed as leader of the march until it was learned that he had been pushed out of a window and severely wounded in a failed assassination attempt , depriving him of the possibility of leading an actual coup d'état orchestrated by an organization founded by himself . Under the leadership of Mussolini , the Fascists demanded Prime Minister Luigi Facta 's resignation and that Mussolini be named Prime Minister . Although the Italian Army was far better armed than the Fascist paramilitaries , the Italian government under King Vittorio Emmanuele III faced a political crisis . The King was forced to decide which of the two rival movements in Italy would form the new government : Mussolini 's Fascists or the anti-royalist Italian Socialist Party , ultimately deciding to endorse the Fascists . </P>
<P> In October 1922 , Mussolini took advantage of a general strike by workers and announced his demands to the government to give the Fascist Party political power or face a coup . With no immediate response , a small number of Fascists began a long trek across Italy to Rome which was known as the `` March on Rome '' , claiming to Italians that Fascists were intending to restore law and order . Mussolini himself did not participate until the very end of the march , with D'Annunzio being hailed as leader of the march until it was learned that he had been pushed out of a window and severely wounded in a failed assassination attempt , depriving him of the possibility of leading an actual coup d'état orchestrated by an organization founded by himself . Under the leadership of Mussolini , the Fascists demanded Prime Minister Luigi Facta 's resignation and that Mussolini be named Prime Minister . Although the Italian Army was far better armed than the Fascist paramilitaries , the Italian government under King Vittorio Emmanuele III faced a political crisis . The King was forced to decide which of the two rival movements in Italy would form the new government : Mussolini 's Fascists or the anti-royalist Italian Socialist Party , ultimately deciding to endorse the Fascists . </P>
who took control of the italian government in 1922
who took control of the italian government in 1922
Fascist Party
Fascist Party