Italy

**Italy** After World War I, Italians  became upset with their government. Their economy was spiraling into a Great Depression, they didn't trust their government, and they were all just waiting to see what happened next. In the early 1920's Benito Mussolini began rising to power. He strongly believed in his idea of fascism, and soon he was holding rallies and the citizens of Italy were becoming more and more pleased with this idea. He promised to fix their country, and that's what they wanted. In 1922, 30,000 fascist rally-ers marched to Rome to see King Victor Emmanuel. The group demanded that Mussolini be put in power. He was their hope. He was their future. King Victor agreed, and Mussolini became Il Duce, the leader/Prime Minister. During hi s time in charge, he conquered Ethiopia and Algeria, thus achieving his goals of having Italian colonies. His idea of fascism also spread to leaders such as Adolf Hitler, Francisco Franco , and Juan Peron. The Spanish Civil War was started in part because the nation divided in two:for and against fascism. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">In July 1943, Allied Forces began pressuring Italy to join World War II. King Victor didn't want this and so he forced Mussolini to resign. <span style="color: #a91e1e; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Don't forget that Italy had been fighting on the Axis side of WWII. Also, don't leave your readers hanging. Since you wandered into the realm of WWII, you should have just finished it and explain what happened to him when he was arrested, escaped, and then got caught, shot and hung.