Mussolini: Son Of The Century Season 01 Online

We meet Mussolini immediately after WWI. Italy is fractured—veterans scorned, inflation rampant, socialists gaining ground. Mussolini founds the Fasci Italiani di Combattimento in Milan’s Piazza San Sepolcro. It’s a failure at first (only 50 people show up). But through savvy media manipulation (he is a master journalist) and the brutal squadristi violence of the Blackshirts , he begins to carve a space.

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A horizontal timeline at the bottom of the screen tracks one key lie per episode (e.g., "The murder of Matteotti was self-defense"). As the episode progresses, the lie mutates—viewers see how the regime incrementally rewrites the same event through newspapers, radio, and education laws. We meet Mussolini immediately after WWI

The outbreak of World War I marked a significant turning point in Mussolini's life. Initially, he advocated for Italy's neutrality, but as the war progressed, he began to shift his stance, eventually becoming a vocal supporter of Italian intervention. This change in position was seen as a betrayal by many of his socialist comrades, leading to his expulsion from the party. It’s a failure at first (only 50 people show up)