Benito Mussolini: The Man Who Destroyed Democracy

[@Biographics]

Hello everyone. We've been experimenting with a bit of a podcast (a few people were asking for audio versions so they can get Biographics while doing other things)! Fair warning: none of these are new biographies, but rather me having a bit more of a free form chat around the script. I'd love to know what you think, if these are useful, wanted etc :). Thanks, Simon. Links: iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/biographics-history-one-life-at-a-time/id1450405839?mt=2 Sitcher: www.stitcher.com/podcast/biographics-history-one-life-at-a-time Website: biographics.blubrry.net/ RSS: biographics.blubrry.net/feed/podcast/ Spotify: open.spotify.com/album/6N9PS4QXF1D0OWPk0Sxtb4 Trolled people: open.spotify.com/show/0JzjzwJcRqFZ3BcACtahh8?si=MG5HSm1oT0GTNm_r8_HQcg

[@allertonoff4]

good info channel .. they played footie with his head you know .. G O A L !

[@superdooperoofer8941]

Can you do one on Andrew Carnegie the steel king?

[@tdog1983-v6c]

Biographics you do amazing research. I started not thinking these were good, because it was all audio, but then I watched a few and found they were very well done. Simon whistler for president!

[@allertonoff4]

_subtly hilarious_ .. Bravo !

[@louiedelorie7839]

@@allertonoff4 smallcock boy

[@DesGardius-me7gf]

"When I said I supported equal voting rights; I meant men shouldn't vote, either." -Benito Mussolini

[@diatomsaus]

@I Can Only Coom When I Plow The Huwheat Fields One hell of a name...

[@diatomsaus]

​@I Can Only Coom When I Plow The Huwheat Fields Probably should just add "under a full moon" to the name... lol

[@lostworld9607]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Red_Lanterns_Rage]

IDK if that's anything he really said but I still laughed..... 😈

[@jdaldale2907]

S tier take

[@MoonatikYT]

Imagine being the guy who learnt that the 9 year old who threatened you with a knife just became the totalitarian dictator of your country.

[@chrisclark5959]

or 1st became a teacher!

[@3to1Go]

Hey, I know you!

[@intergalactichumanempire9759]

Did they ever meet again? I'd pay to see that interaction.

[@focusedeye]

A similar situation seems to have been developing stateside with POTUS 45.

[@scny9142]

@@focusedeye Totally bro ....

[@WeezaY5000]

"With no money and very little prospects, he moved to Switzerland." Well, that is something you can't really do anymore.

[@AmtS12]

WeezaY5000 actually , you can! It was done and still is regularly by a lot of Portuguese emigrants (some my friends). They go to there to find jobs and better conditions of life. As we (Portugal) have a very large base of Portuguese emigrantes there, it’s easier to settle. But make no mistake, people who emigrate to Switzerland are not rich , not even close (speaking only for my country and the experiences I know).

[@steviepigford8485]

Gagahaga 😎 🤗 LMAO

[@totafea8]

TIM 0694 is not easy with no money tho it is possible far from easy.

[@byteresistor]

@@AmtS12 The sad reality is when desperate people move to another country for a job they usually do it with the help of a huge loan. So no, you can't do it without money these days.

[@AltaMirage]

Yes you can. Why do you think the people smugglers are running such a booming trade?

[@MrRedsjack]

little known fact about musssolini: most of the italian mafias in the USA ended up there because mussolini sent the army to destroy their criminal organizations and thanks to the loyalty of the blackshirts the mafia was unable to corrupt this new enemies nor to overpower them. that led to many mafiosi to run away to the USA, the same mobsters were later hired by the american secret service to organize an un-opposed landing in south italy for the allies using their local connections. Their reward was an independent sicily under their control, yet the mobster quickly realized after the war that running a country isn't as easy as stealing from it and decided against independance, yet they kept an useless parliament in Sicily just because of the salaries that come from the job titles. that parliament still exist to this day even if it has been merged with the local govt. sicilian politicias still have different titles than normal regional parliaments members because of this line of events.

[@algerianprophet9654]

There is even movies promoting them as legends. Savages, the pigs and bears did to Italy during ww2...

[@shebbs1]

As with many dictators, though not all, some of his acts or programs, taken in isolation, were good. Doesn't redeem him though, not in the least.

[@johnpali5894]

I think you are little wrong about mafia and the role they have in Italy before Benito came on power.

[@christianponicki9581]

@@shebbs1 "Doesn't redeem him though, not in the least." What condemns him in the first place? He doesn't like liberal democracy? Cry me a river

[@josephrichter2104]

And the US did nothing against Italian mobsters, just against common folk, interning tens of thousands of Italians. Of course, America couldn't have interned all Germans and Italians, as they would have lost about 43 percent of their military power that way. But they still locked up tens of thousands of Germans and Italians each, in the land of freedom. What a joke. Still no pardon to the Germans to this day either, just Japanese and Italians.

[@fluffykitten077]

"He used facial expressions and gestures to capture and enthrall his audience" I mean, of course! He was Italian!

[@markg.7865]

Another fascist leader does the same thing today with rallies and people wearing red hats.

[@j4genius961]

"Pasketti"

[@BoleDaPole]

Yup, these same gestures are now taught all over the world. You can tell this guy took some gesture class's too, he bobbs his head around, moves his hands a lot, same with his eyebrows.

[@kratosboy5557]

Ah cmon Tony a friend of ours forget the pasta grab the machine gun

[@endm2740]

@@BoleDaPole there was no such thing as gestures class in Italy back then, he was simply a natural

[@StrangerOnTheWeb]

I imagine his students were surprised when they found out that their teacher became a dictator

[@deusexaethera]

Or not, depending on his teaching style.

[@thepopeshat8029]

@@deusexaethera :o

[@zizou1014]

You must imagine how Pol Pot's students were surprised. Benito compared to Pol Pot was bully. Pol Pot was modest, hid his intentions.

[@sandernista6499]

Kinda like me when my teacher became a pornstar

[@antitiktokunion3894]

Yes I think that every time

[@ryant114]

League of Nations. The United Nations did not exist until after WW2.

[@carycrosby8246]

Was just thinking the same thing after hearing that. Interesting stuff, but not sure how accurate it is .

[@aarondeifel6357]

Cary Crosby I think these videos have the broad strokes correct but can get some other stuff wrong, or stress things that maybe were not stressed in reality for entertainment purposes.

[@myfairlady343]

Well he probably meant the allies which all in all where the United nations..... And I am not sure what its called but after the 1st ww America made a treaty named "Völkerbund" in German which was a pre UN

[@oncall21]

Correct. NATO was created after the fall of Germany and WW2.

[@yaacovr]

Real amateur mistake, honestly.

[@josemiguelcaballerorestrep2101]

Italian generals: we're gonna need about 6 months to fully prepare for an invasion of Greece Mussolini: I'll give you 2 weeks.

[@tonk3712]

Three take it or leave it

[@leviathanmg]

"Nah, we ready. You see these boots? We ready."

[@redle0pard]

American generals: "We can win this war in Afghanistan and Iraq in a couple of weeks". American politicians: "We need to rebuild, send monies and keep troops in those countries till they become democracies like us". And many years later and still to this day...…..

[@TheLordNovo]

Sounds like a rick Harrison deal

[@noobdoggo]

Mussolini: we arent ready for an invasion of greece! Hitler: nah

[@ignitionfrn2223]

0:35 - Chapter 1 - Beginnings 2:55 - Chapter 2 - Rabble rouser 4:10 - Chapter 3 - Fervent socialist 5:25 - Chapter 4 - The 1st WW 7:35 - Chapter 5 - Rise of the fascists 11:10 - Chapter 6 - Attaining absolute power 13:10 - Chapter 7 - Totalitarism 15:30 - Chapter 8 - Pact of steel 17:15 - Chapter 9 - An ignoble end

[@magnikristinsson]

Thank ye kindly

[@JohnSmith-rw8uh]

He wasnt a socialist

[@thewhodat2314]

They need to pay you to do this for all history videos

[@krashthiskar]

His body was hung in the town square and that's where his body was spat on, and when Hitler heard about this, it quickly turn into his greatest nightmare and that was the reason he committed suicide and had his body burned along with his gf so he wouldn't suffer the same fate as Benito Mussolini

[@monroecorp9680]

@@alverygrissom2544 Hitler and Tupac went pimpin' through South America

[@johnwilkins11]

@@alverygrissom2544 it is incredibly unlikely he faked his death. There's far more evidence to say otherwise. Not everything points towards a conspiracy.

[@alverygrissom2544]

@@johnwilkins11 "most evidence" is a fake burned body hidden by the soviets

[@arawn1061]

@@alverygrissom2544 oh boy...

[@alverygrissom2544]

@@arawn1061 is that your counter argument?

[@ricojes]

"This exasperated his mother, who sent him to another school severely."

[@anonymous-gi4tq]

Nice joke

[@fele09]

uncool

[@sophiewells7318]

@@fele09 dude.

[@730F-Sport]

Ohh nOooo

[@ahmedsehranabbasi7872]

​A

[@not_jon_vendi]

He is the reason my grandparents fled Italy and decided to come to the states. Ill never forget the stories my grandparents told me of the bombings and troops in their town. They made a good life in America after living through the hardships in the old country.

[@aloysiusdevadander19]

Were they Jews?

[@skinden1815]

​@@aloysiusdevadander19 great question

[@dripsteindrippin4829]

Mussolini: *gets kicked out if the socialist party* *proceeds to throw a fit and create his own party that's antisocialist*

[@tygonmaster]

You say that like it is a bad thing.

[@yeahjeremy2026]

tygonmaster “It wasn’t REAL fascism”

[@tygonmaster]

@@yeahjeremy2026 It objectively wasn't, so no.

[@TheTheThe_]

@@tygonmaster Well at least you dislike what Hitler and Mussolini did, but you just have some ideological similarities. You're a salvageable human being. You don't get the public carcass display.

[@tygonmaster]

@@TheTheThe_ very fact that you would hate someone and think lesser of them based opinions on ideology speaks volumes about society today

[@lancelottheknight7126]

1930s: I dont have Money, Ill go to Switzerland. 2020: No money, leave Switzerland

[@Demonetization_Symbol]

Why?

[@Dorian-yt2zh]

You get State Support, if you do not have enough money.

[@paddystrongjaw9995]

@@Demonetization_Symbol it’s very expensive

[@DiaJasin]

Why are people liking your comment?

[@lancelottheknight7126]

@@DiaJasin why are you commenting?

[@demosnail2244]

Everyone talks about how if Hitler was accepted into Art school, then he wouldn't rise, but no one ever talks about how if Benito wasn't kicked out of the Socialist party, he wouldn't rise (as a fascist at least) either

[@arx3516]

By that point his opinions were in full opposition with those of the socialist party they just couldn't let him stay.

[@CornholioPuppetMaster]

If hitler didn’t go to prison, he wouldn’t have written mein kompf

[@nnekam6153]

Those men and lots of their accomplices were sociopaths! They would have found a way to commit terrible crimes ! It was / is just a matter of opportunity that would determine the scale/magnitude of their crimes !

[@pugachevskobra5636]

Socialism and fascism are fiercely incompatible, so he had fascist inclinations from the very start. Case in point is Nazi germany; the first thing Hitler did before and after gaining power was wipe out any and all opposition to the NSDAP, which just so happened to be, you guessed it, socialists and communists.

[@rickjohnson9558]

His life centered around drinking, womanizing, and fighting---Are you sure he wasn't Irish?

[@IndustrialMilitia]

Nah, he sounds pretty Italian to me.

[@ZillMob]

Is that photo a sleestack from land of the lost?

[@deusexaethera]

Nope, just the epitome of toxic masculinity. He spent his entire adult life proving his manhood by hurting people.

[@The_Republic_of_Ireland]

Hey lad cut it back on the racist stereotypes now

[@palaghiaandrei]

Shawn Elliott “toxic masculinity” . Your opinion just became irrelevant by using that stupid term, my friend.

[@hyojinchoii]

Can you do a video on Francisco Franco

[@zackbarkley7593]

Arriba. Arriba. was his motto...the Spanish version of Hilter's salute and Trumps make america great. Now if you say that in public in Spain, you'll get beaten.

[@burbclavefutur1527]

My grandpa saw him once, he was really short, like 5'1. True Napoleonic syndrome.

[@zackbarkley7593]

Sorry I'm not a native speaker. I am repeating what I thought I heard from a friend of mine in Madrid. Thanks for the clarifiction though :)

[@zackbarkley7593]

Umm, no...they are all the same. Authoritarian a**holes, namecallers like yourself, and other hating scum range widely in intellect, but they are ultimately all buffoons and should be ridiculed and defeate. These worst of the cowards who need to cheat, kill, and propagandize shouting with their bullhorn a message of deceit and fear because they are all charlatans and enemies of humanity. They cannot use reason, so they appeal to the irrational side and inflict the most damage. Believe me, I am not picking sides. These disgusting murderous authoritarian elements exist all over the place, even if they are not highly personified in any one individual. It does not matter if it is Henry Truman justifying a nuclear bomb, Putin killing journalist, Hillary assasinating Qaddafi, Obama's drone strikes, Israel's murder of Palestinians, Hitlers murder or Jews, or la Represión franquista. These are all performed by cowards or are cowardly acts under an authoritarian mindset and represent a deep seated murderous evil in our leaders and us that needs to be uprooted before we off ourself in nuclear fire.

[@teucer915]

Franco is the most chilling fascist story, because his regime didn't end for much longer and its effects haven't faded yet. It shows us what might have been had Hitler and Mussolini not gotten into wars they could not win, and where modern fascisms could go.

[@SiVlog1989]

"The thing I learned as a journalist is that you can make people believe almost anything. I would write articles about things that don't exist, and people would believe them! Better yet, those same people would soon forget that you wrote them, so you can contradict yourself," Benito Mussolini Consciously or not, there are politicians who were previously journalists with a reputation for writing about things that don't exist and their readers turned supporters swallow everything, lock, stock and barrel

[@bernardougalde5248]

Welkom bij het Gboard-klembord. Gekopieerde tekst wordt hier opgeslagen.

[@franknstein5376]

Like Boris Johnson basically

[@SiVlog1989]

@@franknstein5376 pretty much

[@chipishor]

@@franknstein5376 was just about to say it.

[@conlaiarla]

As a journalists I'm sure you do . The media today is a political production of the left.

[@Macafer122]

“Blood alone moves the wheels of history” damn calm down u edgelord

[@kazkk2321]

Mac Muller I love this statement . It's quite true and lacks the hallow Utopianism of the modern world

[@henry-thepizzaeater-morgan704]

@@kazkk2321 it's overly simplistic and presents violence as an inevitable necessity. It's an aberration symptomatic of our humanity, that's why it cannot be shaken off, it is how it is. Violence itself is not a vector for progress, the chaos and needs it generates during and after do.

[@TheLordNovo]

Henry -the pizza eater- Morgan violence is a necessity. As Benito once said, there is moral and immoral violence

[@riccardoofficial2367]

Edgelord the perfect definition 😂😂😂😂

[@rodrickhatton8636]

Just thinking about that line will cut you

[@racheld8920]

My great grandfather was apparently close friends with him. He was never married to my great grandmother, so my grandfather never really knew him. He did see his father standing on the balcony next to Mussolini though. My great grandfather was lynched along with Mussolini when his party fell. We've never been able to find information on him. I kind of wish we could. My grandfather turned out so differently from him. He was the most gentle, loving man I knew.

[@akaKuiper]

You Italian?

[@sherwingonsalves8821]

@@akaKuiper no she is paraguanian

[@enlightenmentdoesntcomeeas5337]

Death: Oh hey Benito I've come for you. What are you doing? Mussolini: Oh you know just hanging around.

[@Belgianmapping1830]

Lol

[@The_Republic_of_Ireland]

*Bada boom boom tisch*

[@adamcheklat7387]

Boo!

[@nh7680]

Edgy

[@dylanc3790]

Could you do Rasputin? That would be a very interesting one

[@Biographics]

He is on our list.

[@spankyx813]

That would be awesome!

[@bytes_and_pices8865]

Nice

[@dylanc3790]

Biographics awesome! Great channel. One of the best places for a history lesson.

[@jonathanward3633]

Yay, learned about him in A-levels, sadly I have forgotten most of it. Would love a refresher on the mad monk

[@alainarchambault2331]

13:21 "When things went well, it was all thanks to ll Duce (the leader) However, when things went wrong it was never his fault". Gee, why does that sound so familiar.....

[@temjinAMG]

Basically anyone with power that’s not Japanese lol

[@chamm_0]

@@temjinAMG I would include Japanese in that lol

[@desean3402]

@RealDonaldTrump👀👀👀

[@ThePucko97]

Do you mean all politicians?

[@Matt-ve3ql]

Obama

[@bennyanddakota_2344]

17:58 He was FUHRERious. I'm sorry

[@bennyanddakota_2344]

I yield, teach me your ways O holy one

[@charlesjames6517]

BennyandDakota _ and a DICKtator

[@user00flaco]

Oversimplified

[@blackswan4486]

You’re such a gas.

[@adorabledeplorable5105]

BennyandDakota _ I thought it was clever .🥴

[@marcomorellato8626]

As an Italian and History lover I have to say: BRAVO! Well made, well documented, excellent video. You forgot same details but I understand that in a 20 minutes video some details have to be left behind. Just a few mistakes: Mussolini's prison was in the Appeninnes, not in the Alps, to mention one.

[@noisemarine561]

I can't say I studied much Italian history. But is the Vatican and Catholicism considered part of Italy's government or ruling class?

[@bestestAIsongs]

@@noisemarine561 i don't think so

[@ignoto1117]

@@noisemarine561 the Vatican was and is a state of its own, but during fascism catholicism was made compulsory (for the first and only time in "united" Italy's history) by the Patti Lateranenzi (I have no idea how you say that in english)

[@Nico-iv3wr]

@@noisemarine561 The Vatican was created by Mussolini btw

[@giannapple]

@@noisemarine561 No, The Vatican is an indipendent kingdom with own Constitution, military, policecorp, governement and laws. It’s one of the smallest states in the world, consisting in a few streets around Piazza San Pietro in Rome. The Italian Constitution do not mention any religion nor church in any way, apart where it states that any individual has the right to profess any believe and the the italian State guarantee this freedom.

[@shragamildiner8472]

You talk as if fascism isn't socialism, but Mussolini and Gentilé were of a different opinion. They believed that "fascism is a form of socialism", in fact "its only viable form"

[@aloysiusdevadander19]

Fascism is literally the only viable form of socialism

[@MtnTow]

I always thought 'el douché' was an appropriate name.

[@lorenzottavin_ita8362]

It's "il duche", not el

[@MtnTow]

@@lorenzottavin_ita8362 Ty

[@alnave5974]

Il douche is fitting, though in Italian it's actually Il Duce, originating from Latin Dux meaning leader.

[@bruceprins3305]

👍😂😂😂😂

[@aesop1451]

He was an UnDeMocRaTiC leAdEr! Hurr duur, he's a douche.

[@amiteshsingh768]

A film should be made of Benito Mussolini titled- Benito - From Left to Right

[@damatopatrick4784]

well fascism in reality its not a right Wing political ideology, it's the third position

[@terminationshock1356]

12:33 This is an oversemplification... Mussolini declared in parliament that while he did not give any order to kill Matteotti he admitted having a general political responsibility.

[@cronquist09]

I knew next to nothing about Mussolini till now. Great job guys!

[@eviltwinzak]

You don't have schools where you live?

[@paintinganimalsonrocks7633]

Remind you of someone?

[@hakeemsd70m]

@@eviltwinzak Oddly enough, Mussolini wasn't taught in my school...

[@muhammadal-baghdadi9660]

Wow with the word fascist being used for everything since 2015 and u didn't realize that antifa was actually fascists til now?

[@zucicciu58]

@@muhammadal-baghdadi9660 what you just said makes absolutely no sensate all

[@Dsdcain]

Thanks for the new video Simon and crew. Always enjoy your work. *:)*

[@Biographics]

We appreciate your support.

[@minqwenopinyana2327]

"You are acting like Victor Emmanuel the third" Captain Raymond Holt

[@fele09]

wow now i can understand that reference

[@owenshebbeare2999]

A fine episode!

[@Chiefsfan98]

I have no idea who is winning…

[@y3rmania]

The man who destroyed Italy's reputation in WW2.

[@DerEchteBabo]

There was nothing to destroy after WW1

[@lucianorc656]

@@DerEchteBabo During WWI the italian military reputation was... meh. But the WW2 dropped it hard

[@DoratTheKiller]

Quite the feat, huh?

[@teop7887]

You r-tards obviously never read on the Arditi, or the Bersaglieri, or Alpini. Oh well, back to your trailers you go...

[@allyvandergaast8746]

It appears to me that every nation has a great shame. Germany has nazism, italy has fascism, American has slavery. On and on.

[@Lord_Burrito]

Can you do Rasputin soon?

[@taylornezovich7552]

Attis YESS

[@Biographics]

Rasputin is on our list.

[@TOTALLYsup]

...whats your entire list?

Attis I found a vintage 1928 biography of Rasputin recently at the Free Books shelf at the library. One of my favorite finds, ever.

[@JamesTTierce]

@ why? Dude is just a less interesting hobo. Just go read about diogenes if you like hobo logic

[@harvey-mitchell5569]

watch the whole video but just stare at his eyebrows, it’s amazing

[@karina-jx4zv]

I love your productions Simon, even with Netflix I prefer watching you

[@professionalwidow]

oswald mosley, jochen peiper, and gary gilmore would be interesting people to cover

[@professionalwidow]

also andrei chikatilo!

[@rhodesianwojak2095]

indeed

[@ems6706]

The musical cue used for the rise of fascism was excellent! Really made chills go down my spine. The editing and music on this channel is really excellent.

[@non_da]

It's quite amazing just how much damage this one man had done to his country.

[@dying101666]

and indirectly to Germany.

[@bloodjunkie1919]

Benito Mussolini: The Man Who Needed Help with Greece

[@giorgiociaravolol1998]

Imagine the guy discovering boxing: he could have been one of the greatest boxers of all times 😂 Now without joking we've learned what are the main reasons for the creation of european dictatorships: humiliation and disrespect. If the allies maintained the promises of given lands, that would have never been happened

[@gengarzilla1685]

It's not like they even had to get Italy's help. The Italian leadership were bluntly against helping Austria and Germany anyway, citing that their Triple Alliance was purely defensive and Austria was the aggressor party. Leaving them to maintain this neutrality in WW1 may have been a better call.

[@Shotgun_Only]

Not boxing but fencing. Mussolini dueled five different socialists between 1915 and 1922 and won all five fights

[@wendigo017]

Can we get Josip Broz Tito or Georgy Zhukov?

[@Mike01029]

Free helicopter rides he should also do Pinochet since this is about Mussolini, especially since white nationalists love Pinochet for killing leftists but aren't aware he also tortured Chilean Nazis

[@ncrveteranranger9126]

Alex wonderland i love seeing americans saying “viva pinochet" despite the fact they never lived in the horrible dictatorship they created.

[@nesirsitsir]

You've covered every suggestion I've put forth so far Simon. This channel is just killing it. Some others I think would make for great Biographics would be Sun Tzu, Muhammed, Gandhi, George Washington and Aristotle, in no particular order.

[@juansehernandez4504]

@John Dunbar And Gandhi was a war lover who believed in nazis ideas

[@Trumleren]

juan se hernandez How was Gandhi a war-monger? He legit refused to use violence

[@yishaqdavid2029]

My great uncle was shot down in the battle for Sicily.

[@captainaffection]

Did I just watch a movie?

[@kilianschattauer5625]

alfa-psi b

[@nostradamusofgames5508]

better title- the man who invented modern fascism.

[@Jack_804]

What is classical fascism?

[@Jack_804]

@ Don't sound so bad, Cesar and Augustus were good guys.

[@ishan8491]

@@Jack_804 Caeser killed hundreds of thousands of Gauls. Just saying

[@Jack_804]

@@ishan8491 He founded the western civilization wich make it possible to Europe rise in the history book as great powers.

[@metalforever12085]

@@ishan8491 So did literally every other military leader at that time, what is your point exactly?

[@avelus5984]

I love how Mussolini is like “Yes, that’s me!”

[@LORDMEHMOODPASHA]

4:37 Italy did not enter a war with Libya in 1911 (Libya was not a sovereign nation at that time), it entered a war with the Ottoman Empire for control of its province of Trablusgarp, now modern day Libya.

[@paddystrongjaw9995]

Yeah there’s a lot of inaccuracies in this, not even concerning bias but just pure historical incorrectness.

[@matthewmckenna248]

Could you cover Georgy Zhukov?

[@101jir]

Yes, for once people will see how overrated he likely is. But, he was in many ways like the USSR itself: master of morale and propaganda. At that time. And legitimately far from bad at strategy. Quite good, but far from the perfect picture often presented.

[@hf3923]

101jir I went to Moscow recently and the older russians adore zhukov as he bought the surrender papers from Germany and they have this large statue of him just outside red square

[@101jir]

Harry Forsyth I am aware that he is adored in Russia, and would expect it to be especially so by older Russians. That establishes that he is popular, at least. Did you intend on saying anything about whether that glory was deserved?

[@NathamelCamel]

Maybe even Heinz Geudarian

[@iangascoigne8231]

It has been done.

[@n3v3rg01ngback]

His only philosophy is “get more power.”

[@whoknows8101]

:)

[@nationalsocialist6590]

Fascism is the idea of the collective is more important than the individual. Corporations and government merge together for the betterment of the collective. If you have wrong thought and/or associated with the wrong group you must be eliminated.

[@panismith1544]

True!!

[@zew1414]

Love the channel Simon..very well written and narrated

[@rodrickrori1926]

Good informative and entertaining video.

[@noodleboy4817]

my familys sicilian, they said they got on the boat as soon as Mussolini came to power and pretended they were british immigrants moving to the US (yeah i dont know how they succeeded in that either). ive lived in the US my entire life but ny family was trying so hard to forget where they came from that they outright refused to teach my dad italian whenever he asked. my father and i are about the only ones who still take any pride in where their family came from, but either way im extremely lucky they survived. i genuinely cant imagine what life wouldve been like if we hadnt moved when we did.

[@M.M0709]

As a history grad I honestly thought I knew everything about Mussolini and his life. I was surprised to learn new things about his life. The Biographics research team do an amazing job week in and week out. Simon often gets all the credit but without all the work that is done behind the scenes this wouldn't be half as good as it is. P.s Any update on the Thomas Sankara epiosde guys?

[@2Falchion]

Could you cover Albert Speer? He's one of the most interesting members of the Nazi Party, and isn't often discussed

[@kevaninthe4135]

"The Nazi who said sorry."

[@Brandon210-q4n]

Really? Speer was by no means a good man.

[@rubiconcrossing4480]

Brandon Korner heh I don’t think most of the people documented on this channel were. It’s just for history buffs.

[@longjohnston1363]

Agreed it would be a good one.

[@jesusramirezromo2037]

@@Brandon210-q4n He was one of the least worst along with Rommel

[@ioannismetaxas4621]

“Other divisions were focused on Greece”. During the Epic of 40’, Mussolini attacked Greece with 140,000 troops on October 28, 1940. Greeces’ victory 6 months later was “the first Axis setback in the entire war”. The bully Mussolini got beat up badly by a little guy for a change.

[@sandycaspillo6731]

Wrong channel mate

[@MR-wh6ji]

Please do a video about Kaiser Wilhelm II. Emperor of Germany!

[@rlohengrin6644]

One of the most underappreciated rulers!

[@MR-wh6ji]

Reinhard von Lohengrin And one of the most misinterpreted. He was seen as Hitler 2.0 but now his personality is undergoing a lot of changes. If you're intrested, there is a good book about him by Christopher Clark "Wilhelm II."

[@r0ast5_61]

@@MR-wh6ji you mean Hitler:pre-alpha?

[@TheTheThe_]

@@r0ast5_61 No... I hate fascistic monarchs and Nazis more than the next guy, in fact I'm basically a commie - the forefront opposition to these groups, but Willhelm political beliefs were nowhere near as vile as Hitler's. He is well known for being a vocal critic of Hitler during the Nazi consolidation of power.

[@sebaseba6710]

As an Italian i love how bad the Italian army was, and how nationalists today ignore that

[@federicaonelli6011]

Seba Seba tutta colpa di incompetenza ai piani alti e mancanza di equipaggiamento...coloro che furono costretti a morire per la sua causa però andrebbero comunque rispettati, se si guarda alla seconda battaglia di al Alamein e alla divisione Folgore, si vede che comunque i nostri ragazzi erano in alcuni casi formidabili combattenti . Cheers

[@rhodesianwojak2095]

N

[@CloudWalkBeta]

@@federicaonelli6011 translated, and agree, we should never disrespect the lives of the common people, but I do feel sorry for them, being used as a meat shield by the elites is a horrible way to throw away your life. You can be formidable as a fighter, but you need to fight on your own terms & your own battles in life, don't fight on somebody else's terms unless they've truly got your back, like a loyal friend!

[@austinsowers2974]

Do you have a lot of issues with fascist still?

[@TheOne-po7ri]

@@austinsowers2974 Real question is do they have a issue with commies

[@DevashishMulye]

"Blood alone moves the wheels of history" Are there examples in history that can oppose this view? Had there been until WW2?

[@lewiskazinsky7334]

The civil rights movement. African-Americans shed a lot of blood but didn’t violently overthrow the Jim Crow laws. Predating WW2, the suffragettes come to mind. I’d say that many (not *ALL* before someone starts furiously typing) equality groups turned the wheel through non-violence, since they weren’t in a position to be aggressors, being as oppressed as they were.

[@DevashishMulye]

@@lewiskazinsky7334 Thanks for your answer! By suffragettes, do you mean the womans suffragettes movement for womens right to vote? Also could you also recall the name of any such equality group?

[@lewiskazinsky7334]

@@DevashishMulye Yes, that’s the one! As for the civil rights movement, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference were a black organisation that organised the 1957 bus boycotts and put Martin Luther King on a national platform. They essentially birthed the movement, and although they were later overshadowed by the sheer number of unaffiliated demonstrators, I’d say the SCLC were as close to a leadership entity as you could get back then.

[@aaronseet2738]

If there's anybody to be made the stellar example of "born troublemaker", Benito must be it.

[@seamuslight2472]

"He was the father of fascism." Literally first thing said in this video is wrong. How about Giovanni Gentile? Marinetti? d'Annuzio? Sorel?

[@allyvandergaast8746]

Perhaps he meant Italian fascism.

[@paddystrongjaw9995]

@@allyvandergaast8746 Gentile invented Italian fascism, the earliest form of fascism.

[@paddystrongjaw9995]

As soon as I heard that less than 3 seconds in I stopped watching

[@TheFaithfulRedeemer]

Mussolini founded the Fasces of Revolutionary action in 1914, Marinetti founded the Futurist party which merged with the Italian Fasces of Combat in 1919. D'Annunzio was a nationalist critic of fascism, Sorel was a syndicalist who had some brief philosophical flirts with Integral Nationalism but ultimately ended up supporting the Bolshevik Revolution and thought of it as syndicalism in practice. He was fond of Mussolini but was critical of Fascism and "class-cooperation". Gentile was a neo-hegelian philosopher who only became nterested in Fascism after the March on Rome and later gave the theoretical justification of Fascism through his epistemology, So yes, if there was anyone who can be said to have "created" fascism it was certainly Mussolini. Obviously he was influenced by many people but it was him who ultimately gave Fascism it's name and image.

[@paddystrongjaw9995]

@@TheFaithfulRedeemer I suppose you could say he popularised fascism and made it a mainstream ideology.

[@Soralella71]

As an Italian, I've found this very interesting. Thank you.

[@urbanbang5513]

17:56 "He was *FÜHER*ious." Please don't kill me

[@rodrickhatton8636]

HA!

[@samcuss1086]

To much spaghetti will get to you man

[@1532JJ]

"...and his body was thrown into an unmarked grave." "Well I hope you enjoyed that video...." Quite the tonal shift there at the end!

[@soren7550]

Not quite as intense a shift as Mengele's though.

[@lucaferrari9030]

Could you cover victor emmanuel the III himself, i ve always wanted to know more about "the soldier king", hell, even victor emmanuel II would be fine

[@troydavis1]

Great info, it shows how easily democracy dies when nothing is done to decisively fight those who would destroy it.

[@justiceadams6623]

Ours in America is dying people won't stand up people don't want freedom sadly

[@superiorshotgun4348]

@@justiceadams6623good

[@oakparksacramento]

When everything went right he took credit but when things went wrong it “wasn’t his fault”. Sound familiar? 🤔

[@paulx7888]

Always remember history so we dont repeat it

[@TheLordNovo]

Every American politician to ever hold office

[@mundanenames9752]

Sounds trumpedisly similar to today

[@Jack_804]

If Trump was 1% of the man Mussolini was, America would be a respectful country not one that will be bought by China in the future.

[@LeReal]

Sounds like the Left in America of which YOU’RE clearly part of 😪

[@averyangrygardengnome]

Do one on Mannerheim

[@henriksongaming9051]

Mannerheim is a fucking legend "summarized"

[@tpasi2020UG]

Thank you for making another masterpiece.

[@marvelgeek9577]

Barber: What kind of haircut do you want Mr. Mussolini? Mussolini: Let’s go with… *Bald*

[@grivar]

Can't believe you made a biographics on Muso without mentioning my main man Gabriele D'Annunzio, a god among men.

[@federicaonelli6011]

RE D'Annunzio meriterebbe un video solo per se stesso

[@grivar]

Fish3men TV sorry I don't speak Italian I just really like D'Annunzio

[@federicaonelli6011]

RE oh sorry I thought you were Italian because usually D'Annunzio is not famous outside our country...I said that he deserves a video about himself and the occupation of Fiume 🤗🤗

[@grivar]

No worries haha. I'm German, learned about him in history class. He's probably my favourite historical figure. Literally some dude got some friends together and took a city.

[@romanoantony9444]

Oofer,

[@katemaloney4296]

I chuckled at your PG description of what they did to Mussolini after executing him. The crowd tied a rope around Clara's legs to keep her skirt from falling down, and that was the KINDEST thing they did to the corpses. I don't condone what the crowd did, but I don't condemn it, either.

[@mr.mercury4247]

Mussolini wasn't like... a B A D guy like Hitler or Stalin... he was just kinda... a regular bad guy.

[@gobblegobble3766]

2:15 Why does he look like that rich kid from LazyTown

[@Kazwire]

Why would you have to say that

[@tylerw1774]

He was not left wing. National socialism is the opposite of communism. It was literally created in response to communism.

[@adorabledeplorable5105]

My daughter bought a Fiat . And like most girls she named it ......... “ II Duce “.

[@frafrafrafrafra]

I mean.... in italian the word for driver is "conDUCEnte"

[@areswalker5647]

@Jonathan because duce is a latin word and italian still have many words that come from or are still the same as the old latin. Duce comes from the verb duco (It has a lot of meanings but you just need to know that overall it means to lead to) conducente is just one of those words that come from latin (con-duco) and in italian means the one who's driving

[@panismith1544]

Ciao!!

[@Trout-kc2xr]

Simon, You're the best! I am a big fan of all of your channels and your non-bias perspective is great. Truly an educational asset, keep up the good work!

[@mrbigshoworelse]

6:50 "No Luigi, not another battle of the Isonzo!"

[@claudiopomponio7671]

Luigi Facta?

[@fr4xy874]

thank you so much, you legit just made me write 500 words in my history exam thing.

[@wasmadeinthe80s]

Can your next April Fools Biographic be Mr. Potato Head?

[@billlynds9073]

Simon, your story telling talent demands the viewers attention. Well done.

[@baileytaylor1160]

Honestly a wild ride. People clearly were drawn to the guy. I feel like Mussolini as a historical figure is rather slept on

[@Phantasmagoria92]

Can you do one on Daniel Ortega Simon? With what's going on in Nicaragua I think this will help a lot of people and educate them over the crisis that's happening there. My family is from there and they lived through the first war that happened in the 80s, a sad time really. Thanks again keep up the good work!!

[@stevechristie2569]

15:15 United Nations didn't exist till after WWII (he means League of Nations)

[@fabferrari]

Minute 2:10. Sir, you mentioned that Mussolini completed his tenth year of “compulsory” school. I must highlight that at his time the school in Italy was not compulsory. Until 1923, only 4 years of primary school were required. Mussolini’s government moved the compulsory limit to the age of 14. Primary and secondary school (5+3 years).

[@eduardoramirezjr4403]

A great movie that shows the last days of the war in Italy is “Rome: Open City”.

[@KZoopam]

Still a better leader than Berlusconi

[@franciscomm7675]

Both are scumbags. But mussolini killed more political opponents

[@nyguesswho]

Simon: "This enraged Hitler" Me: "You sure....it wasn't his father...and he didn't punish him severely?"

[@madlyissadly9134]

I just found your channel before and it is awesome! Great job and I thanks for something great to watch on the bus trip home!

[@joecesa1013]

Thanks for the video, they're always great. Couple things, though: Italian Communists did capture Mussolini but more accurately "the partisans", a loosely-connected groups of rebel vigilantes against fascism captured him. And they simplified the Allies' capture of Italy more easily. They fought valiantly against Nazis and Fascists throughout Mussolini's time and are often ignored/overlooked because Americans seem to have a thing about labels like socialism and communism--we should look at the person and forget the "brand". A story about partisans would be incredible--their bravery was inspiring in a dark time where hope was almost lost.

[@tacitus6384]

Because they're fighting on behalf of an even more murderous ideology. It's like cheering on nazi-aligned partisans for resisting the Soviet Union. They're both awful.

[@bgjb-r1499]

I find these most recent videos about Il Capo very interesting. There seems to be some serious concern in Italy right now about the younger generation showing interest in Mussolini’s reign as dictator. A resurgence of admiration, respect and loyalty amongst people of all ages has become real frightening to some. I remember my grandmother telling us stories how everyone celebrated the death of Mussolini and with the same breath say, ten years after his death Italy was a lawless society where murder, kidnappings, extortion and bribery was literally out of control.

[@justiceadams6623]

This is just my opinion by the way but I think parts of the world wants a dictatorship sadly to say I think in my nation mostly

[@EclecticPotpourri]

The new part in charge is what brought me to this topic.

[@Sir_Walrus]

Great video! I want to suggest another dictator for a video: António de Oliveira Salazar.

[@cartermiller853]

Do one about Huey Long. Dictator of Louisiana!

[@lilyg8734]

Commander Appo never heard of him

[@victorantoniomonteiro2708]

But no one wears a crown

[@littlehandsgivescovfefe4837]

Just about to say.

[@seroteamavi9505]

Also Fr Charles Coughlin

[@rhodesianwojak2095]

^^^

[@jadeorbigoso5212]

Me: what you doing, hey what you doing? Mussolini: Heh! Just hanging around.

[@leoerus]

Do otto van bismark

[@g.w.7893]

That’d be Otto Von Bismarck... ‘Van’ would imply a Dutch origin.

[@tygonmaster]

Or Otto Warmbier...

[@desean3402]

Italy during WW2 for Germany was the kid that jumps into the pool to save you from drowning but you end up having to save them instead 🤦🏿‍♂️

[@MrWesford]

If only someone would destroy democracy once and for all.

[@sirnilsolav6646]

I wonder what would have happened had the King refused to give into Mussolini's demands of ending the democracy.

[@paddystrongjaw9995]

It was practically already confirmed that Mussolini was to become Prime Minister, the March was purely an opening demonstration of Il Duce's new power.