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I chose this image because, as the flag of the Kingdom of Italy, it represents the formation of Italy from its constituent parts. -
I chose this image because, like the chicken, Pope Pius IX pretended to be a prisoner of the Italian state when he still had de-facto control over Santi Peter's Basilica, and hence was not under the control of Italy. -
I chose this image because the sides to this war were very inequal; Italy was much more militarily powerful than Ethiopia. Despite this, Ethiopia still ended up winning despite the visible power imbalance. -
I chose this image due to the juxtaposition between the developed and green Italian outpost and the rest of Libya, showing how Italy exploited Libya for its resources and colonial importance. -
I chose this image because it is a direct scan of the newspaper, significant because it is the platform that Mussolini first gained political traction on. -
I chose this image because Mussolini was effectively fired from his position at the newspaper because of his personal views. -
I chose this image because, like the corrupt deal happening in the photo, the Treaty of London was a backdoor agreement that had no real legal basis. -
I chose this image because it is the logo of the Fascio di Combattimento, and hence represents its founding. -
I chose this image of people protesting to represent how in the Biennio Rosso movement, people protested the government and demanded change due to newfound economic hardships. -
I chose this image because D’Annunzio was angry about Italy's "mutilated victory" in WWI and retaliated by invading Fiume, like how a child who is angry at their parents usually gets revenge by crying or breaking items. -
I chose this image because, once Mussolini received a little bit of political power, he ran with it and quickly climbed his way to become a dictator. -
The picture shows the emblem of the PNF, made once it was formed. The bladed object shows the authoritarian power the party strived for. -
The picture shows Mussolini bowing to the king, which is significant as he is on his way to second in command. -
The picture is of Giacomo Acerbo, the man who made the law in support of the fascist party. -
The image shows Mussolini and another politician talking about the occupation of Corfu and the Ruhr. -
The political cartoon shows several things. Mussolini believes he can cover up the death and he believes that he is above it in power. -
The image shows an old depiction of the Roman Era Aventine Secession, comparable to the protest in Fascist Italy. -
The good looking bread shows how the domestically produced bread was more expensive (correlated graphically through looks) despite aims to make it sufficient. -
The image shows the three main signers of the Locarno Treaty, showing what appears to be mutual benefit. Italy was another signer not shown here, significant due to Mussolini's priority of domestic affairs. -
The image of the Lira shows how the currency looked physically during the time. The worth of the Lira needed to be fixed, as they were, as this singular coin is, not worth much. -
The child shows what Mussolini wanted numerous more of, leading to the ban in contraception and abortion methods. -
The photo shows how the treaty was not very effective and blew up in the face of the word. With the world unwilling to actually enforce or deal with it. And how it's consequences resulted in issues in 1939. -
The photo represents how Mussolini signed the treaty to get the church's support and the church would in turn gain control and have the Vatican City be independent. -
The picture represents how the Stresa front was meant to be a means of control over Germany and to limit its actions like chains, however the chains themselves were very loose. Since the alliance fell through quickly due to multiple reasons. -
The photo shows how despite the League of Nations trying to enforce security and stop aggression it ultimately did not succeed. Demonstrating the League's inability to do anything. -
The image relates in many aspects to Italy's involvement. The photo demonstrates how Italy wanted to expand and spread their fascist ideas and also build a cooperative relationship with Germany, much like what you do in the game in the image. Furthermore, the result of the Civil war caused Italy's resources to be drained, akin to what happens in the game when you send troops to conquer a area. -
The photo demonstrates how Germany's and Italy's cooperation would bring about lots of death in WWII. Also shows fascist nations cooperating leading to death. -
The image relates because the Munich conference's result was an attempt to appease Hitler. As seen in the photo the people allow the bear to eat their food in a show of weakness in order to appease the bear. Hitler being the bear and with the western powers acting the like people they showed weakness. -
The photo demonstrates how vicious Italy's attack was. With Albania providing little resistance and only furthered Italy's conquest. -
The photo demonstrates how the shared ideological alignment between Hitler and Mussolini fueled the alliance in the war. It also shows how Italy and Germany support each other, taking their backs in a war. -
The photo relates because after Mussolini's failures, the grand council had lost trust and voted him out. After he was arrested. -
The photo relates because Mussolini's death signified the end of his fascist reign and the ideas that Italy would be like Rome. Much like Rome his rule had collapsed. Assisted in the collapse of the Axis powers like the collapse in Rome.