Word: militiaization
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...real urgency of the Opposition was that the proposed reduction of the Army would make it a smaller body than the National Militia, which is a Fascist organization in everything but name. To soldiers and statesmen of the old school and to the enemies of Fascism, which number not a few in the Senate, the mere thought of reform in the Army was intolerable...
MUSSOLINI: "The Fascist Militia is Constitutional because it has sworn faithfulness to the King...
OPPOSITION: "The oath of faithfulness has no value because you have stated that the militia must remain devoted to Fascismo and act as the bulwark of the Fascist revolution...
...General Balbo, Premier Benito has such a friend. Oft and again some hothead will call Benito out for one thing or another. Last week it was General Peppino Garibaldi, fiery little grandson of the Liberator. Rebuked for criticizing the conduct of the National Militia on Austrian Armistice Day (Oct. 31), Peppino demanded satisfaction of the Militia's chief. But all Peppino got for his pains was the prompt acceptance of Balbo...
Upon the second anniversary of the triumphant entry into Rome of the Fascist legions, the Fascist national militia, which for two years has been an extra-legal army owing allegiance only to Signor Benito Mussolini as the Dux of Fascismo, swore allegiance to King Vittorio Emanuele and ceased to be a purely party organization. At Milan, Benito's home town, Black Shirts, as the Fascist Militia is known, concentrated in large numbers to swear fealty to their King. The most spectacular parade was, however, at Rome. In the vale of the Aventine and Palatine hills, between the Colosseum...