The correct answer is B. It caused a sense of uncertainty in both Italy and Germany and made people want a strong leader. Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini was an Italian politician and journalist who was the leader of the National Fascist Party. He constitutionally led the country until 1925, when he dropped the pretense of democracy and established a dictatorship. Adolf Hitler was a German politician who was the leader of the Nazi Party. As dictator, he initiated World War II in Europe with the invasion of Poland in September 1939, and was central to the Holocaust.