When Mussolini is mentioned, people's first impression of him seems to be words like "arrogant" and "pig teammate". When it comes to the mafia, people's feelings about this underworld organization should be mysterious and frightening. When Mussolini met the mafia, what would happen? The historical answer is only two words, bloody! During Mussolini's administration, there were fierce clashes with the ancient mafia, but the fascist maniacs, with their iron fists, killed the mafia almost completely. What kind of feud did Mussolini have with the Mafia? And look at the editors of "5,000 Years of Vertical and Horizontal" lonely goose one by one!
The Mafia has a long history as an ancient criminal group that originated in Sicily, Italy, at the end of the 16th century. They started with extortion and slowly infiltrated all walks of life, including casinos, brothels, theaters, hotels, construction and transportation, down to tourist vendors and hawkers, up to dignitaries and dignitaries, all of whom had to pay "protection fees" to the black hand. The mafia has become a force to be reckoned with in southern Italy.
After World War I, the Fascist Party, led by Mussolini, emerged with more than 1 million members and was influential in northern Italy. Later, Mussolini "marched to Rome" and successfully became the prime minister of Italy, becoming the most powerful person in the country. Logically, mussolini, in order to maintain his rule, should co-opt the mafia, so why suppress the mafia?
From the very beginning, the Mafia had great contempt for Mussolini, as well as for the Fascist Party. As we all know, Mussolini came from a low-class civilian background, and Vito, the number one mafia, was dismissive of him, even scorning: "If this kind of unruly guy (referring to Mussolini) can also rule Italy, then we are destined to rule Sicily." "In the course of the parliamentary elections, the mafia also did not support the fascist party.
Although the mafia did not support him, Mussolini initially wanted to use this force, and he condescended to the nobility and came to Sicily himself. At the meeting with the local officials, Mussolini was full of words, but at the end of the meeting, Mussolini's hat disappeared, and the leader looked very embarrassed, and the Sicilians present laughed. In fact, this is a ghost made by the mafia, which makes Mussolini very angry.
But Mussolini was not reconciled, and he came to Sicily for the second time in 1924. The mayor of Palermo appeared arrogant, but he accepted Mussolini's request for a speech. Mussolini was very happy that 100,000 citizens had gathered in Piazza Palermo, but he was just about to open his mouth when an accident occurred. Several mafia members roared in front of him: "Go back to Rome, leader!" Don't delay us from making money here! ”
As soon as the mafia speaks, who can't drive away! In less than 5 minutes, nearly 100,000 people disappeared, leaving only more than 20 beggars, who walked to the podium and shouted, "My Fuehrer, save your people, give food to eat!" "That's the end of the speech.
When Mussolini returned to Rome, he said to his men, "I am going to wage an all-out war against the kidnappers of Sicily!" He appointed Sare Mori as Governor of Palermo, in charge of dealing with the Mafia. After taking office, Morrie carried out iron-fisted means to exile the mayor who despised Mussolini, and exiled, sentenced, or shot at least 2,500 mafia members. The whole of Sicily was full of blood, and in the winter of 1926, Mori led his army to surround the last mafia group in the town of Ganji, for which the government army even dispatched 94 cannons.
Under Mussolini's policy of countering violence with violence, the ancient mafia disappeared for 17 years. It was not until after mussolini's downfall that they revived.
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