Question

Which of these tactics of mass violence was used by Benito Mussolini?

A. He used chemical weapons against his own citizens in areas of high ethnic minorities.

B. He destroyed several villages that were practicing communal farming and socialism.

C. He had former fascists sent to forced labor camps where they were left to die.

D. He used secret police to root out anti-fascists, socialists, and communists.

Answer 1

the correct option is D
D. He used secret police to root out anti-fascists, socialists, and communists.

Mussolini was the totalitarian fascist leader who rose to power after the ww1. he employed fashions of mass violence to silence dissidents. These included use of secret police,detention camps,forced labor and inexplicable disappearances to hold on to power.