March on Rome
October 27–29, 1922 · Rome
Fascist seizure of power in Italy, late October 1922. As Benito Mussolini's Blackshirt paramilitaries approached Rome on 28 October, King Victor Emmanuel III refused Prime Minister Luigi Facta's request for a state of siege and instead appointed Mussolini prime minister on 30 October. Power transferred to the National Fascist Party without armed conflict.
Key people
Benito Mussolini
National Fascist Party
Emilio De Bono
belligerent leader · National Fascist Party
Victor Emmanuel III of Italy
belligerent leader · Italian government
Luigi Facta
belligerent leader · Italian government
Marcello Soleri
belligerent leader · Italian government
Michele Bianchi
belligerent leader · National Fascist Party
Italo Balbo
belligerent leader · National Fascist Party
Participants
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Italy
Italian government
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National Fascist Party
