In large numbers, voters abandoned the poorly organized parties of the center and the moderate left. ... Mussolini assumed the dual position of prime minister and party leader (duce), and he used the party's militia to eliminate his enemies by intimidation and violence. ... Party officers exercised some political supervision over bureaucrats yet did not infiltrate the bureaucracy in significant numbers. ...

• Word Count: 5609
• Approx Pages: 22
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In October of 1936 large numbers of Soviet tanks and aircrafts began arriving in Spain, courtesy of Joseph Stalin. ... This included the removal of the socialist Francisco Largo Caballero as prime minister and replacing him with the communist sympathizer, Juan Negrin. ...

• Word Count: 3763
• Approx Pages: 15
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Only four year later, in 1924, Mussolini had risen to power to become Prime Minister of Italy and then in 1925 he had become Italy's new dictator. ... He threatened a march on Rome unless he was not appointed Prime Minister of Italy and the King of Italy at the time, Victor Emmanuel III who would not dare back the current regime quickly supported Mussolini and his Fascists...

• Word Count: 8195
• Approx Pages: 33