Nazi Party power in Italy, the National Fascist Party, under the leadership of the charismatic Benito Mussolini. The Fascists, like the Nazis, promoted a national rebirth of their country, as they opposed communism and liberalism; appealed to the working-class; opposed the Treaty of Versailles; and advocated the territorial expansion of their country. The Italian Fascists used a straight-armed Roman salute and wore black-shirted uniforms. Hitler was inspired by Mussolini and the Fascists, borrowing their use of the straight-armed salute as a Nazi salute. When the Fascists came to power in 1922 in Italy through their coup attempt called the "March on Rome",
Romano Mussolini Leader, my father"), followed by a similar book in 2005, collecting personal memories and accounts of private confidences and discussions with his father. He was the last surviving child of Benito Mussolini. Romano Mussolini died in 2006, aged 78, in a hospital in Rome from undisclosed causes. Romano Mussolini Romano Mussolini (26 September 1927 – 3 February 2006) was an Italian jazz pianist, painter and film producer. He was the fourth and youngest son of Benito Mussolini, fascist dictator of Italy from 1922 to 1943. A native of Villa Carpena, Forlì (Emilia-Romagna), Romano Mussolini studied music as a child, playing