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How Successful was Mussolini in solving the problems he faced?
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Fascism was born out of Italy's disappointment with the Versailles settlement, and Mussolini promised to restore Italy's fortunes by reviving the glories of ancient Rome and making Italy a great power, or at least mistress of 'Mare Nostrum' - the Mediterranean. He gained some initial successes against the Greeks in 1923, bombarding Corfu and winning an apology and an indemnity with the help of the French and the machinery of the League of Nations. This was followed by the seizure of Fiume. He was the only contemporary to stand up to Hitler (over Austria in 1934) and thereby increased his respectability as a worthy partner in the Stresa Front of 1935. Then, needing diversion from sluggish progress at home, he set upon Abyssinia to redeem the national reputation tarnished at Adowa in 1896 and join the ranks of the imperial powers. The military problem presented by the Abyssinians was solved...
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