The Voluntary Militia for National Security, commonly called the Blackshirts or squadristi, was originally the paramilitary wing of the National Fascist Party, known as the Squadrismo, and after 1923
Blackshirts with Benito Mussolini during the March on Rome, 28 October 1922.
Parade of the Blackshirts on Corso Libertà in Bolzano, c. 1930.
Blackshirts on Piazza di Siena [it] in Rome, 1936.
Command of the 73rd Blackshirt Legion in Mirandola, Province of Modena, 1941.
The National Fascist Party was a far-right political party in Italy, created by Benito Mussolini as the political expression of Italian fascism and as a reorganisation of the previous Italian Fasces o
Blackshirts
…the Blackshirts (Italian: Camicie Nere, CCNN, singular: Camicia Nera) or squadristi (singular: squadrista), was originally the paramilitary wing of the National Fascist Party, known as the Squadrismo, and after 1923 an all-volunteer militia of the Kingdom of Italy under Fascist rule, similar to the SA. Its members were…
Mussolini during the 1920s
Mussolini in an official portrait
Representatives of international fascist women's organisations in Berlin, 1941; Olga Medici del Vascello of the Fasci Femminili is pictured second from right