After the Italian Risorgimento Italy didn’t take too long to get riled up in turmoil again. In the early 1900’s the Italian people began to become at odds with the government they had so recently fought for as the nation hit hard times. Throughout the early 1900’s after World War One Mussolini slowly gained power as he created fascism and the fascist party in Italy. This culminated in 1922 when he organized the march on Rome which saw thirty thousand fascist “blackshirts” march on the capital to demand the resignation of the then prime minister Luigi Facta. King Victor Emmanuel III who was in charge of the military at the time then handed Mussolini the position of Prime minister in order to try and restore order to Italy and avoid a civil war. Two years after his appointment Mussolini declared himself dictator of Italy and ruled until 1943. During this time the people of Rome would sit in the square in front of the Mussolini window and listen to his speeches and announcements. For some time Mussolini was very popular in his rule but eventually the people became tired of his mob-like tactics and deposed him. After his rule ended he fled for some time to Germany until he was captured by members of the communist party and executed in Milan.