Benito Mussolini: Hero or Villian? A Documentary

[emaoneluv]

whoever is talking has the cutest voice.... i love american accents!!! <3 naww... ps this was very useful! i'm currently studying global politics and trying to familiarise myself with the details of political history... thank you :)

[vernetto]

80 years later, Italy is going through the same movie again....

history teaches us that people don't learn anything from history (was it Gandhi who said this?)

[GJGJ654]

this is (fachism for dummies) for people in a liberal and democrat country who know nothing about Benito and fachism. I dont like Mussolini, but this document is to simple to be the truth, it's like a Michael Moore documentary, but there is some interesting part.

[chaosxemperor]

@GJGJ654 Again, we did this as 8th graders- the entire story is perhaps a bit too simplified, but under a 10 minute constraint, this is the best we could do to cover the entire life of Mussolini.

[TRJ00babypowder]

hey guys, so I am using some of your information in my 2000 word essay, would the be alright?

[chaosxemperor]

@TRJ00babypowder Sure thing.

[helcio1960]

Italy, and Spain, countries are difficult to be governed as they are democratic states of law but have a very fragile bond of nation Spain with the difficulties of the Federal Government with Catalonia and the Basque Country. Italy, meanwhile, faces the differences of the rich and industrialized North and the poor agricultural south. When the volcano Etna erupted in Sicily, a Turin newspaper splashed "FORZA ETNA. " Someone understands Mr. Berlusconi?

[Antralian]

@helcio1960 Between north and southern Italy there ae the same differences that exist between Minas Gerais and Rondonia

[DanielSlaves]

Accomunare il Fascismo con il Socialismo é un errore. Il primo fu una conseguenza del secondo. W. Churchill definí il Fascismo un esempio da seguire per le Nazioni che si confrontavano con il Socialismo. Ora, un esempio di democrazia anti-Fascista: con le attuali leggi europee, per il solo fatto di aver ricordato questa citazione potrei essere denunciato per apologia del Fascismo.

[ollenhauer1]

silvio berlisconi new mussulini?,berlisconi take the same ,medial ,finaze and match

[Sonoraman]

One technical error - Fascism is a form of Socialism and was a form of 'State Capitalism' which is Marxist. Remember, the Nazis were The National Socialist German Workers Party. The only delineation between the "Fascists" and "Socialists" is that Fascism plays on nationalism while Socialism tends towards internationalism. Both the Fascists and Nazis were outgrowths philosophically and in practicality of Socialism and Marxism - Josef Goebels even notes this numerous times in his writings.

[chaosxemperor]

@Sonoraman Thanks for the clarification!

[american1476]

more intellectual then most of the media though I would replace socialism with communism when speaking about his enemies...more unbiased then the media as well

[MissHamsta88]

what piano song is that?

[chaosxemperor]

@MissHamsta88 It's a song from Naruto. I forgot the actual name. Sorry!

[TheEvilbatman993]

@MissHamsta88 The name of the song is Sadness and Sorrow.

[TheEvilbatman993]

@MissHamsta88 The name of the song is Sadness and Sorrow.

[FireEyedMaidOfWar]

I am amazed that this feeble coxcomb of an operetta tyrant was taken for the name patron of an entire branch of non communistic tyrannies; I guess this is largely due to the communist propaganda, which devised their attacks against anyone giving them their very own medicine to taste in the name of the regime of Mussolini; and yes: Italy is operetta state; which was defeated even by the English, while Monsieur Hitler laid half the world in ruins, after becoming the ruler of warlike Germany.

[Jsuyker]

There are a few factual errors in this presentation. For example, italy did not really conquer ethiopia, at that time abyssinia. Rather the war was muddled and to a large extent drawn. It was Mussolini's friendly treatment from the league of nations (not mentioned) which resulted in Italian "victory". On the whole though, fairly good project. Quite short and brief though.

[savoiadvx]

From 1918 to 1922 no coalition govenrment last more than 2 weeks in power, on average 2 to 3 days. Bread riots, civil revoltcommon and treat of communist revoltion and civil war. When Mussolini and 200 fascist marched on Rome Oct. 28, 1922, He asked to speak with the King Victor Emanuele III and told him that every man represented a thousand, therefore claiming he had 200,000 fascist support. King consulted the P.M. and the P.M. handed power over to Mussolini saying he wouldnot last 2weeks

[Tigerhead83]

I think your presentation is Great!!

[TrevorJ171615]

hero

[backsider578]

love the naruto music

[Peidmonte89]

aww, darn shame. Woulda been something I'd like to of watched too.

[Peidmonte89]

I dont want to sound mean or nothing but you sound like a robot when you talk. You should redo it. Break it down into 2 or 3 parts so you can speak clearer. Also try to do better pronouncing of Rome. Good first attempt. But for the sake of professionalism you should redo this project.

[chaosxemperor]

@Peidmonte89 This project was done in the 8th grade for History Day, not for any professional-level presentation. There were also 3 people narrating. If I could redo the project, I would, but the pictures and the script have been deleted- it'd be near impossible to amass the clips over again.

[patriargentina92]

i think that you should have considered that before mussolini italy was a disaster, it was a chaos and there was a lot of poverty, he saved a nation. anyway it's good because it shows an idea of how it was instead of just saying "there was a lot of opression", it's quite complete.

[InQuestaNotte]

Not bad. Needs more bias towards anti-mussolini's people.

[Jamez773]

"This was an Italian who thought he could get "our sea" back with one of the most poorly trained armies in Europe. The only thing he did right was brainwash people and they ended up hanging his body from a light post. He couldn't even protect the land he had taken from the allies. He was Italy's last great dictator and was the last glimpse of what the end of the Roman empire might have looked like. Crazy, power hungry, and at the end pathetic.

[Atomicflash500]

This is only your opinion ..not everything you state is true.

[ScottMonroe1]

stalin was a lot worse

[readynow12345]

that might be true, but stalins power was absolute, benito's was not, they still had a king to fall back on when he was ousted..

[chaosxemperor]

@readynow12345 The king was nothing more than a puppet in essence.

[TAKEMARU666]

@chaosxemperor i didnt watch the whole thing, but you do know he wanted to restore the Roman Empire to its former glory?. he would of backstabbed hitler later if the axis won the war. because part of germany was Roman control.

[SS16backup]

He was a hero

[Rico8458]

italians turned on benito in a horrible way. from love to hate?

[laader01]

Stalin was worse! 30 million ppl apx. his pwn people and jews combined

[a199215]

Final Fantasy music in the background. Thats surprising.

[Longmemory1]

The crimes of Fascism must never be forgotten. Mussolini butchered 3 million people in Africa and the Balkans, used poison gas in Ethiopia and sent the Jews of Rome to the Holocaust. But he made two mistakes. He declared war on Britain and invaded Greece, making enemies of the toughest people in Europe. His downfall was the magnificent Greek defence of their motherland, and the British Army, which chased the Nazi vermin out of Africa and all the way from Sicily to the Alps.

Deo gratias.

[MrFlylice]

Neither should the crimes of your beloved democracy and communism.

50 million innocent Russians dead.

An entire continent of Natives murdered by democratic expansionism.

Mussolini was never proud that he surrendered Rome's Jews. He regretted it until the day he died.

[jackbouregard]

the crimes of the american? (I'm italian)

[glimmer2158]

If only Mussolini had stayed neutral in WW II it would not only have been beneficial to Italy but also Germany.

[TheJamesyboy17]

It misses the fact that as a school student he stabbed a fellow student

[RobGoth100]

Well done.

[strategus999]

On 0:30 he looks like Che LOL! He realy shud wait till 1943-43 and then join the wining side (alies); almost nobody now has contempt for Stalin in Russia; Stalin who was chief ally of III Reich during the 1939-41 and murdered milion times more men than Duce. Hitler the demonic madman was finished the moment he crossed USA. GMC Rules! (Or shud I say ruled) ;-)

[TheArchangelxxi]

@strategus999 Allies not Alies. Should not shud

[grassic]

Interesting and well put together. For a deeper understanding of Mussolini and what he stood for have a look at Mussolini in the First World War: The Journalist, the Soldier, the Fascist, by Paul O'Brien It really makes clear what fascism was and what it came from. It also shows what an opportunist and how deceitful mussolini was

[multisyrus]

Togliersi la vita potrebbe essere visto come un gesto da codardo... Ma S.E. Benito Mussolini e' stato ucciso...

[Lanciarules]

A Hero, but he ruined all he did with the alliance with hitler...

[jaysea32]

A hero?I would hate a man like him to be in charge of my country.Telling the papers what to write,no negative press etc.Governments are supposed to be there for the people,not the other way around.

[AmericanFenian]

@jaysea32

What do ya think the socialist in America and Europe? Mussolini would have been an ally in checking the socialism and communism post WWII had he not been killed.

[LarryScottBB]

@Lanciarules Is better become the rigth.hand of the Devils thath try to block her planes

[american1476]

@Lanciarules and Hitler ruined all he did with his alliance with the japs

[Gunderson002]

I give this a 7/10, I know it's about Mussolini but couldn't you have said something about the battles in Northern Africa?

[chaosxemperor]

We had a 10 minute limit, so we tried to focus on issues we felt were significant. At the time, we overlooked the campaign in Ethopia due to time constraints.

[Gunderson002]

I was talking about the campaign in Northern Africa.

[Mceddys]

WW2 wasnt mussolinis only mistake! Mussolini sacrificed the actual development of Italy for gains in prestige. HIs biggest mistake, in my opinion, was to side with Hitler in the pact of steel in 1939 which then dragged them into a war they werent prepared for. His defeat in WW2 was also partly down to his involvement in the spanish civil war and in ethipoia in 1935. it is ultimately justified that because of these expeditions, italy was less prepared for war in 1939 than they were in 1936.

[1947studebaker1]

Yes, Mussolini could have done so much good for Italy, had he not developed the totalitarian state, invaded Ethiopia, helped Franco in Spain, and sided with Hitler! He actually did accomplish some good in Italy and the Italian colonies, but all this was overshadowed by Fascism and its rotten fruit. Your documentary is quite good...

[zopalmer]

quality of this video was reaaaally awesome!

i actually like it.

i have to defend hitler for a mock trial and one of my witnesses is mussolini.

this video was freakishly awesomely helpful!

:)

[italstallion06]

great job, well done!

[thisbveryannoyin]

watched this 2day in history n it was ok 2 b honest

only real problem is the march on rome really took place after mussolinin's acension, although the fascists would probably rather have it seen the other way round so that it looked like a glorious coup....as in germany sum 10 later they were given power lol

[chaosxemperor]

Wait, like in History class? XD

[Jas6293]

awesome job. this helped me write a paper

[thisbveryannoyin]

yeh man lol twas quite gud

[Fangor56]

That was an exellent documentary! Great job

[Luna483]

This was very well done. Congrats to all of you.

[chaosxemperor]

rudeone4life has made a comment on Benito Mussolini: Hero or Villian? A Documentary:

Obviously they never spoke to any Italians from that era. If they were to have done this, then they would have understood what life under Fascism was really like and what Mussolini was really like. This video history project about Mussolini and Fascism is very negative and badly done. Its stuff like this that gives Mussolini, Italians, and Italy a bad image. And the worst thing is people believe it.

[chaosxemperor]

Deleted it by accident.

A) We were 8th graders at that time. I doubt I could have found Italians that were ALIVE in the 1930s that conveniently live in the area.

B) We spent nearly a school year working on this. I'm pretty sure we understand the negative, as well as positive impacts of Benito Mussolini, and we cover BOTH of them sufficiently.

C) There is no racial attacks towards Italians or Italy correctly. To say that would mean we'd insult China every time we mentioned footbinding.

[chaosxemperor]

D) Furthermore, people believe it because it's true. What, when we talk about the Holocaust, we badmouth the Germans? The Japanese invasion of China = Bad mouthing Japan? No. We're reviewing history. We don't accuse Italy of anything today. In fact, it's a lovely country. We just offer a documentary on the state of affairs during that time that is completely legitimate. If you want, I can dig up our annotated bibliography to offer to you.

E) People believe it because it's true. See point D.

[chaosxemperor]

F) I implore you to make a counter documentary with all of your criteria.

G) I'm looking for constructive criticism, not ad hominem attacks on our integrity or our grasp of the situation when you offer no clear reasons WHY it's badly done.

H) It's objectively based and we make a conclusion from it. Negative? Hardly. That's like saying the theory of evolution's very negative towards God and Christianity.

I) We used primary sources. We didn't speak to Italians, but we read their works in English.

[rudeone4life]

I still feel your way off and I do not have to prove anything. I live and work in Italy and I've been interviewing Italians for the past seven years because I wanted to really find out what was going on in Italy between 1920-45 (book project). I thought all Italians were evil fascists because of what I've read in books, learned in school and collage. People become ignorant because we read what is supposed to be true and we beleive it. People once wrote the world was flat...and they beleived it.

[chaosxemperor]

Well, that's more constructive than a simple "This video history project about Mussolini and Fascism is very negative and badly done."

You can have your opinion, but it offends me when you ATTACK me.

Personally, I think Mussolini would have been peachy fine if he didn't get into WWII. That single event destroyed all the advances he made (and yes, I'll be the first to say that he made MANY advances).

[rudeone4life]

From what I've learned from these vet's and old people is that they were Italians first...fascism was just a part of life. I agree, his only mistake was WW-II. He was a man you could sit with, eat, drink coffee and talk to like a normal person. He did fight in WW-I and was wounded. There is much more I can say but will give it a rest. If you still feel I attacked you well so be it, I can not change that; I just tell it like it is. Excellent exchange thoughts. Good luck in school.

[OnTheRazorsEdge]

One of my friends has an Italian friend, his grandfather has very fond memories of Il Duce.

Christ, you must be fun at the ballot box.

[chaosxemperor]

Can't vote yet. This was done in the 8th grade, and I'm in the 10th right now.

P.S: Don't see how that relates.

[madcow248]

very good

[asskissersrp]

alright, the third chap speaking for the last 3 minutes was better.

[chaosxemperor]

Haha, it was a bad mic on top of other issues. And the last person was me. XD

[asskissersrp]

it was good.. but why are both the voices so slurring? A clear voice would have made a greater impact. Nevertheless it was nice.

[littleangelicpuff]

thanks!interessante

[Ellersgaardrazz]

What's wrong with the speaker? Is he dying or what? THAT is baaaaad! But still - it's a good doc overall! Max respect!

[montyjocon]

Very good overview of Mussolini's rule of Italy. High school and University students should watch this.

[abclukeabc]

the last speech is is not complete: la parola d'ordine.....till ....vincere.....but you forgot to add ...e vinceremo!!! someone made a funny remix of this speech, you can easly find it searching "vincere duce" or somenthing like this

[LaVeyanSatanist]

nice man i learned some interesting things that i didnt know

[Ornolfr]

I think this documentary insinuates that Mussolini was behind every action of the Blackshirts. This is not true. More often that not, they acted without any orders or even leadership. Some of it is a little over-simplified, but overall? It's very good. Four stars.

[RobARug]

Well done!

Thank you for making and keeping this as an objective documentary. I hope everyone received an A+ and/or award for it.

[chaosxemperor]

We made it to finals at the Los Angeles County History Day Competition.

I believe our first draft (which was vastly inferior, but with the same quality of research) received a B+.

[RobARug]

Congratulations! Good Job!

[Cutiecat411]

Awesome video. (:

I actually learned some things about Mussolini that I didn't know... thanks!

[kronic0071]

I thought this was well done, and I dont usually compliment jew-tube videos. Right on man. 4/5