Giovinezza was the fascist hymn of Benito Mussolini's Blackshirts, and was the unofficial anthem of Fascist Italy. It means youth. Fascism (in Italian, fascismo), capitalized, refers to the authoritarian political movement which ruled Italy from 1922 to 1943 under the leadership of Benito Mussolini. ... Benito Mussolini created a fascist state through the use of propaganda, total control of the media and disassembly of the working democratic government. ... The Blackshirts (Italian: camicie nere) were Fascist paramilitary groups in Italy during the period immediately following World War I and until the end of World War II. Inspired by Garibaldis Redshirts, the Blackshirts were organized by Benito Mussolini due to his disgust with the corruption and apathy of the...
See also: Horst Wessel Lied, Cara al Sol The Horst Wessel Lied, also known as Die Fahne Hoch (The flag on high) (from its opening line) was the anthem of the Nazi Party of Germany, chosen to glorify Horst Wessel as a Nazi martyr. ... Cara al Sol (Spanish for Face to the Sun) is the anthem of the Falangistas, the main current of Spanish Fascism. ...
Chronologically, the first Corto Maltese adventure, La giovinezza (The Early Years), happens during the Russo-Japanese War.
In several short stories (collected in In Africa and The Celts, or A Mid-Winter Morning's Dream) he experiences the First World War in several locations, participates in the Russian Civil War after the October Revolution, and appears during the early stages of Fascist Italy.
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