Fascism in Europe
Fascism in Europe was the set of various fascist ideologies which were practiced by governments and political organizations in Europe starting with ancient times. Fascism is most often attributed to Hitler, Mussolini, or Giovanni Gentile, but none of those great men invented fascism. People may automatically think of Hitler, or believe they are intelligent and rattle off Mussolini or Gentile, but they would still be wrong. Mussolini may have coined the term, but Fascism is actually thousands of years old, probably as old as civilization itself.
Classic fascism begins with the Spartans, ancient Greece, and Plato, and includes all pre-war fascism, and the Mussolini era up to the March on Rome.
Modern Fascism was born in Italy following The Great War, and other fascist movements, influenced by Italian Fascism, subsequently emerged across Europe, as one of many responses to world-wide communist insurgency. Among the political doctrines are the age-old combining of a traditional national unity and vision which was espoused by the integral fascist Charles Maurras and syndicalist, Georges Sorel in France. Italian fascism in practice can be seen in the Italian Regency of Carnaro, led by the Italian fascist Gabriele D'Annunzio, many of whose politics and aesthetics were subsequently used by Benito Mussolini in 1914.
Fascism in Europe never disappeared, and continues to this very day, and can be readily found on The Internet, and with groups such as Golden Dawn, Nordic Resistance Front, and Casa Pound; and with personalities such as Victor Orban, Silvio Berlusconi, Alessandra Mussolini and Isabel Peralta.