Italy · Politics / Nazionale Fascista. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
In Milan, used to break up strikes & make violent assaults on opponents of fascism. Groups within the PNF called Blackshirts built a base of power by violently attacking socialists and their institutions in the rural Po Valley thereby gaining the support of landowners
Marks the transformation of the paramilitary Fasci Italiani di Combattimento into a more coherent political group (the Fasci di Combattimento, founded by Mussolini in Milans Piazza San Sepolcro
The PNF is the main agent of an attempted coup, the March on Rome
After the drastic modifying of electoral legislation (the Acerbo Law), the PNF clearly wins the highly controversial elections
In early 1925, Mussolini drops all pretense of democracy and sets up a total dictatorship, from that point onward, the PNF is effectively the only legally permitted party in the country
The One Party status is formalized by a law passed in 1928 and Italy remains a one-party state until the end of the Fascist regime in 1943. Party membership in the PNF becomes necessary to seek employment or gain Government assistance
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