Historical background
After World War I (1914–1918), despite the Kingdom of Italy (1861–1946) being a full-partner Allied Power against the Central Powers, Italian nationalism claimed Italy was cheated in the

The National Fascist Party model was very influential beyond Italy. In the twenty-one-year interbellum period, many political scientists and philosophers sought ideological inspiration

• Michele Bianchi (November 1921 – January 1923)
• multiple presidency (January 1923 – October 1923)

• Viva il Duce! ("Long live the Leader!")
• Saluto al Duce! ("Hail the Leader!")
• Tutto nello Stato, niente al di fuori dello Stato, nulla contro lo Stato ("Everything in the State, nothing outside the State, nothing against the State") – Benito Mussolini (October 1925)

Italian Fascism was rooted in Italian nationalism and Georges Sorel’s revolutionary syndicalism that eventually evolved into national syndicalism in Italy. Most Italian revolutionary syndicalist leaders were not only “founders of the Fascist movement”, but

Although the National Fascist Party was outlawed by the postwar Constitution of Italy, a number of successor neo-fascist parties emerged to carry

• Party emblem of the National Fascist Party
• Eagle clutching a fasces, a common symbol of Italian Fascism, regularly used on uniforms and caps