This new band of allies would now be an alliance sandwiched between a collection of countries devoted to liberal & democratic ideals against countries that were based around nationalism and military autocracy (The Axis). ... Mussolini and the Fascists Of all the popular movements in Europe's changing political mesh one figure stands out in one country in particular, Benito Mussolini. ... Over the span of its involvement in conflict Italy lost more then 460,000 soldiers and the country was left heavily in debt. ... The Roman Empire had been (and still is) a major source of pride for any I...

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In 1911 nearly 70 per cent of the country's 45 million inhabitants lived in urban areas. ... A strong social ethic, continued from the Victorian times of Dickens and Disraeli, began increasingly to influence the political character of the country and its institutions. ...

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