The first fifty years of Europe’s twentieth century were racked by violence, bloodshed and extraordinary political, economic, and socio-cultural changes. Between 1914 and 1918, an […]
Introduction: What Was Europe’s “Interwar Crisis”?
A Speech by Benito Mussolini (1932)
Benito Mussolini was known for giving boisterous, rabble rousing speeches from the balcony of his headquarters at Palazzo Venezia in Rome. The following is a […]
“Giovinezza” (1924)
“Giovinezza” (“Youth”) was the official hymn of the National Fascist Party in Italy between 1924 and 1943, when Mussolini was arrested and locked up in […]
Enrico Da Seta, “Here Is the Most Appropriate Weapon” (1936)
Italian Troops Enter Addis Ababa (1936)
On May 5, 1936, Fascist Italy’s troops entered a half-abandoned and destroyed Addis Ababa, the capital city of Haile Selassie I’s east African kingdom of […]
“Bella Ciao” (1943-1945)
During the Second World War, as the Allies were making their way northwards up the Italian peninsula, the Italian partisan resistance began carrying out guerilla-style […]