Fascism arose in Europe after World War I when many people yearned for national unity and strong leadership. In Italy, Benito Mussolini used his charisma to establish a powerful fascist state. Benito Mussolini coined the term “fascism” in 1919 to describe his political movement.
Benito Mussolini advocated Italian intervention in World War I. Following the war, Mussolini formed the Fascist Party in 1919, galvanizing the support of many unemployed war veterans.
When did fascism end? The defeat of the Axis powers in World War II meant the end of one phase of fascism — with some exceptions, like Franco's Spain, the original fascist regimes had been defeated. But while Mussolini died in 1945, the ideas he put a name on did not. ... That's how it stayed alive after 1945.”