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In 1939 Codreanu and several of his legionaries were arrested and "shot while trying to escape." In 1940 remnants of the Iron Guard reemerged to share power but were finally crushed by Romanian conservatives in February 1941. Italy’s fascist movement also began after World War I, although it achieved power in the mid-1920s. As the world’s first fascist dictator, Mussolini targeted democratic institutions, dismantled free speech, attacked political opponents, and engaged in heavy surveillance. |
