how did mussolins italy effect ww2
Mussolini wanted more than a renewed Italy, he wanted an Italian empire. The invasion of Ethiopia in 1935 was successful, but turning the arsenal of modern war on an unprepared nation alienated Britain and France, pushing Mussolini closer to another imperially minded dictator: Adolf Hitler.enito Mussolini was an Italian dictator and the first of the fascist rulers of twentieth century Europe. His initial successes, although much debated and overstated, were destroyed by his disastrous alliance with Hitler and entry into World War 2.