Italy's postwar coalitions combined factions whose electoral promises were difficult to fulfil together. Fear of the far left was one reason supporters rallied to Mussolini. Luigi Albertini, a delegate at Washington, later denounced Mussolini in parliament, sometimes to his face. In this interpretation, his continuing opposition illustrates the limits of Mussolini's attempt to establish a dictatorship compared with Nazi domination in Germany.
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Italian coalitions and opposition to Mussolini
Coalition instability and Albertini's parliamentary criticism provide context for a comparison of Fascist control in Italy and Nazi control in Germany.