MUSSOLINI SEIZED POWER BY BLACKMAIL THE GOVERNMENT FORMED MINISTRY ON 1922 OCTOBER 28 AND 29
MUSSOLINI SEIZED POWER BY BLACKMAIL THE GOVERNMENT FORMED MINISTRY ON 1922 OCTOBER 28 AND 29 The March on Rome (Italian: Marcia su Roma) was a march by which Italian dictator Benito Mussolini's National Fascist Party (Partito Nazionale Fascista, or PNF) came to power in the Kingdom of Italy (Regno d'Italia). The march took place from 22 to 29 October 1922 . March on Rome Benito Mussolini and Fascist Blackshirts during the March Date 22–29 October 1922 Location Rome , Italy Action Blackshirts occupied the Po plain and took all strategic points of the country. Bands of fascist troops gathered outside Rome marched over Rome. It was the precipitating force behind a transfer of power within the framework of the constitution after the surrender of public authorities in the face of fascist intimidation. Result Fascist coup d'état, Benito Mussolini formed a new government Government-Insurgents ...