Dan Snow's History Hit

Hitler and Mussolini


Listen Later

Just over 100 years ago, in October 1922, Mussolini and 30,000 Blackshirts marched on Rome. It was a mass demonstration that would see his National Fascist Party take power in the Kingdom of Italy. However, the advent of Italian fascism has always been overshadowed by that of its infamous German counterpart, the Nazi Party. But what actually happened during Mussolini’s time in power? And why do we remember Mussolini’s dictatorship on more forgiving terms than that of Hitler? Dan is joined by Christian Goeschel, historian of modern European history and author of Mussolini and Hitler: The Forging of the Fascist Alliance, to lay bare the realities of Mussolini’s Italy.


Produced by James Hickmann. Edited by Dougal Patmore.


If you'd like to learn more, we have hundreds of history documentaries, ad-free podcasts and audiobooks at History Hit - subscribe to History Hit today!


Download the History Hit app from the Google Play store.

Download the History Hit app from the Apple Store.

...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

Dan Snow's History HitBy History Hit

  • 4.7
  • 4.7
  • 4.7
  • 4.7
  • 4.7

4.7

3,915 ratings


More shows like Dan Snow's History Hit

View all
History Extra podcast by Immediate Media

History Extra podcast

3,183 Listeners

Talking Tudors by Natalie Grueninger

Talking Tudors

671 Listeners

WW2 Pod: We Have Ways of Making You Talk by Goalhanger

WW2 Pod: We Have Ways of Making You Talk

1,246 Listeners

Real Dictators by NOISER

Real Dictators

5,132 Listeners

How and Why History by History Hit

How and Why History

113 Listeners

The Ancients by History Hit

The Ancients

2,867 Listeners

Warfare by History Hit

Warfare

528 Listeners

The Rest Is History by Goalhanger

The Rest Is History

12,285 Listeners

Gone Medieval by History Hit

Gone Medieval

1,677 Listeners

Not Just the Tudors by History Hit

Not Just the Tudors

1,922 Listeners

Short History Of... by NOISER

Short History Of...

2,533 Listeners

Patented: History of Inventions by History Hit

Patented: History of Inventions

176 Listeners

Betwixt The Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal & Society by History Hit

Betwixt The Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal & Society

1,122 Listeners

Echoes of History by History Hit & Assassin's Creed

Echoes of History

252 Listeners

American History Hit by History Hit

American History Hit

1,348 Listeners

Empire by Goalhanger

Empire

1,993 Listeners

After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds & the Paranormal by History Hit

After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds & the Paranormal

801 Listeners