WI: Mussolini was stabbed to death by Prostitute he refused to pay, Pre Fascist Coup?

WI: Mussolini was stabbed to death by Prostitute he refused to pay?(Pre Fascist Coup)

What kind of Government would Italy have?Would Faschism survive or wither on the vine?Would the circumstances of his death affect opinion of him&Faschism?Does Communism/Socialism stand A chance of gaining power or would the King&existing Government remain as is?With A different Regime,Would Military Doctrine be changed/improved?Eg: More widespread Mechanization with actual Tanks instead of Armoured Cars/Tankettes?Bigger&better Airforce?Navy with Aircraft Carrier focus?
 
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What kind of Government would Italy have?Would Faschism survive or wither on the vine?Would the circumstances of his death affect opinion of him&Faschism?Does Communism/Socialism stand A chance of gaining power or would the King&existing Government remain as is?With A different Regime,Would Military Doctrine be changed/improved?Eg: More widespread Mechanization with actual Tanks instead of Armoured Cars/Tankettes?Bigger&better Airforce?Navy with Aircraft Carrier focus?

Without him the various right-wing/nationalist/futurist faction fail to unite and were bring down by infighting, socialist retaliation and the force of order.
The final showdown will be between the king and the socialist, probably a brief but nasty civil war with the state winning and an authoritarian goverment for a while.
 
What kind of Government would Italy have?Would Faschism survive or wither on the vine?Would the circumstances of his death affect opinion of him&Faschism?Does Communism/Socialism stand A chance of gaining power or would the King&existing Government remain as is?With A different Regime,Would Military Doctrine be changed/improved?Eg: More widespread Mechanization with actual Tanks instead of Armoured Cars/Tankettes?Bigger&better Airforce?Navy with Aircraft Carrier focus?
Props for the colorful PoD.
I don't know about communism but the status quo is certainly not safe. Even if the PoD goes back before the Fascists organize themselves, there may still be a far-right alt-fascist takeover. D'Annunzio is a famous proto-fascist.
 
Props for the colorful PoD.
I don't know about communism but the status quo is certainly not safe. Even if the PoD goes back before the Fascists organize themselves, there may still be a far-right alt-fascist takeover. D'Annunzio is a famous one.

D'Annunzio is like Howard Stern, famous, colourful but as the Fiume enterprise showed not a great diplomat/organizer/administrator and many don't like him and he was a little too old.
 
D'Annunzio is like Howard Stern, famous, colourful but as the Fiume enterprise showed not a great diplomat/organizer/administrator and many don't like him and he was a little too old.

The point was that these ideas were out there and not just inside Mussolini's head.

Howard Stern?! :D
 
Im sorry but what? Why would the Dictator of all of Italy pay a women? He could have any he wanted, without charge. ASB POD. ;)
 
Without him the various right-wing/nationalist/futurist faction fail to unite and were bring down by infighting, socialist retaliation and the force of order.
The final showdown will be between the king and the socialist, probably a brief but nasty civil war with the state winning and an authoritarian goverment for a while.

In that scenario, I'd like to see the socialists win. They could........given the right POD. ;)
 
The point was that these ideas were out there and not just inside Mussolini's head.

Correct, but the big work of Benny was to make various disparate faction with many times different and opposite agenda work together and forming that cauldron called fascism. Without him the Italian Fascist Party is over before is born.

Howard Stern?!]:D

He is the tame version of D'Annunzio:p
 

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Mussolini actually lost his virginity to a prostitute. Maybe if he did something dumb like mess with the bouncer at the bordello...

Anyways, without Mussolini you might get somebody like Balbo taking over. He's flamboyant and capable enough to do it. D'Annunzio's wet firecracker in Fiume sunk him, Farinacci is too nutty, and De Vecchi isn't as charismatic as Benny or Balbo.
 
The trains would run on time and Italy might not get sucked into an aliance with Germany avoiding the war. I can see this making Germany a tougher enemy with no diversion into the Med.
 
Mussolini actually lost his virginity to a prostitute. Maybe if he did something dumb like mess with the bouncer at the bordello...

More mess with the police, at the times prostitution was regolarizated and taxed; it was not unusual go to 'Closed House' Case Chiuse to lose verginity

Anyways, without Mussolini you might get somebody like Balbo taking over. He's flamboyant and capable enough to do it. D'Annunzio's wet firecracker in Fiume sunk him, Farinacci is too nutty, and De Vecchi isn't as charismatic as Benny or Balbo.

Balbo can achieve some grade of success, but not on the level of Benny and the others even if not qualified or not having the capacity of lead will not let a simple romangnolo get the leadership of the movement at least without a fight, making the fascist weaker.
 
Mussolini actually lost his virginity to a prostitute.

He may have lost his virginity to a prostitute, but after he became a absolute chick magnet (uncomfortable but true). It's unlikely he'd ever visit one again.

Stabbed by a jealous husband? Now that's likely.
 
Mussolini actually lost his virginity to a prostitute. Maybe if he did something dumb like mess with the bouncer at the bordello...

Anyways, without Mussolini you might get somebody like Balbo taking over. He's flamboyant and capable enough to do it. D'Annunzio's wet firecracker in Fiume sunk him, Farinacci is too nutty, and De Vecchi isn't as charismatic as Benny or Balbo.
Balbo could do it, hes the best candidate, but would he really be able to garner a following? Maybe is D'Annunzio hadn't tried to force Italy's hand in Fiume, he and Balbo could've built a party together.
 
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