Fasci Italiani di Combattimento

Italian Fasci of Combat Fasci Italiani di Combattimento
Historic Leader	Benito Mussolini
Founded	March 23, 1919
Dissolved	November 9, 1921
Preceded by	Fasci d'Azione Rivoluzionaria, Fasci d'Azione Internazionalista
Succeeded by	National Fascist Party
Headquarters	Milan, Italy
Newspaper	Il Popolo d'Italia
Paramilitary wing	Camicie Nere (CCNN)
Ideology	Fascism (Italian)
Politics of Italy Political parties Elections

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Fasci di combattimento di Lissone.

The Fasci Italiani di Combattimento (English: Italian Fasci of Combat) were an Italian fascio organization, created by Benito Mussolini in 1919. After World War I had ended, he reconstituted the Milan fascio, renaming it Fasci Italiani di Combattimento. In 1921, this fascio would be transformed into the Partito Nazionale Fascista, the National Fascist Party. Mussolini combined ideologies from a few different political parties. It wasn't hard for Mussolini. He started his political life as a socialist, eventually editor of the socialist magazine Avanti, but was expelled when he supported intervention in World War I. He then started a group called the Fascio di Combattimento (League of Combat), which at first didn't gain much popularity. In 1919, a three-party government was formed, leaning toward a democratic side of government (National Fascist Party).