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Benito Mussolini in military uniform stands on a balcony, addressing a large crowd gathered below.
Adolf Hitler
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Oswald Mosley stands above a crowd, gesturing with his right arm extended, while addressing a Fascist rally in London, England.
Large crowd of Freikorps troops and civilians gathered in a city street, with soldiers holding the German Empire flag during the Kapp Putsch in Munich, March 1920.
Joseph Goebbels
Rows of Italian soldiers march down a crowded city street in Rome as civilians line the sidewalks and trams, cheering their return from Ethiopia during World War II.
Large formation of Nazi storm troopers march through a crowded street in Nuremberg, Germany, carrying flags with swastikas as civilians line the sidewalks and salute.
Nazi SS troops march in formation carrying banners with swastikas and eagles at the 1933 Party Day rally in Nuremberg, Germany, with trees in the background.
A group of Hitler Youth boys stands outdoors; in the foreground, one boy holding a flag labeled Chile shakes hands with another boy holding a drum, with more boys and flags in the background.
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Benito Mussolini
Benito Mussolini
Italian dictator
Giovanni Gentile
Giovanni Gentile
Italian philosopher
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Giovanni Amendola
Italian journalist and politician
Engelbert Dollfuss
Engelbert Dollfuss
chancellor of Austria
Vidkun Quisling
Vidkun Quisling
Norwegian politician
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Ernst Rüdiger, prince von Starhemberg
vice-chancellor of Austria
Oswald Mosley stands above a crowd, gesturing with his right arm extended, while addressing a Fascist rally in London, England.
Oswald Mosley
English politician
Corneliu Codreanu
Corneliu Codreanu
Romanian political agitator
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Léon Degrelle
Belgian politician
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Roberto Farinacci
Italian politician
Ante Pavelić
Ante Pavelić
Croatian fascist leader and revolutionist
Emilio De Bono
Emilio De Bono
Italian general and politician
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Gyula Gömbös
Hungarian premier
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Vihtori Iisakki Kosola
Finnish political leader
Ferenc Szálasi
Ferenc Szálasi
Hungarian politician
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Luigi Albertini
Italian journalist