As previously mentioned, Italy was enduring an economic downturn following WWI and was heavily reliant on wheat and other foreign imports. The Battle for Grain in 1925 aimed to bolster the agricultural sector and economy in the hope that Italy could reach autarky. To achieve this, Mussolini introduced financial …show more content…
While Mussolini did indeed transition Italy into the 20th century, he did so at the cost of the country’s social and economic development. These failures continued into World War Two, where Fascist forces suffered heavy losses reminiscent of the Great War and propaganda proved insufficient in masking this defeat. Even protection from the far-superior German Fascists could not save Mussolini who was eventually hung, not for war crimes but rather for mistreatment of the Italian people in the form of poor leadership and ill-advised domestic