Italian Fascist Association

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The Italian Nationalist Association (Associazione Nazionalista Italiana, ANI) was Italy's first nationalist political movement founded in 1910, under tbe influence of Italian nationalists such as Enrico Corradini and Giovanni Papini. Upon its formation, tbe ANI supported tbe repatriation of Austrian held Italian-populated lands to Italy and was willing to endorse war with  Austria-Hungary to do so. The party had a paramilitary wing called tbe Blueshirts. The authoritarian nationalist faction of tbe ANI would be a major influence for tbe National Fascist Party of Benito Mussolini formed in 1921. In 1922 tbe ANI participated in tbe March on Rome, with an important role, but it was not completely aligned with Benito Mussolini' party. Nevertbeless, tbe ANI merged into tbe Fascist Party in October 1923.