He tried to suppress all records of his marriage to Ida Dalser and fabricated heroic war injuries to cover up his treatment for neurosyphillis, but he did write for Avanti! He became prime minister after organizing a massive labor demonstration that threatened King Victor Emmanuel III, signed the Lateran Treaty with the Vatican, meddled in the Spanish Civil War, commanded his paramilitary 'blackshirts,' invaded Ethiopia, and coined the phrase 'axis' after signing a treaty with Adolf Hitler'

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1. He tried to suppress all records of his marriage to Ida Dalser and fabricated heroic war injuries to cover up his treatment for neurosyphillis, but he did write for Avanti! He became prime minister after organizing a massive labor demonstration that threatened King Victor Emmanuel III, signed the Lateran Treaty with the Vatican, meddled in the Spanish Civil War, commanded his paramilitary 'blackshirts,' invaded Ethiopia, and coined the phrase 'axis' after signing a treaty with Adolf Hitler'