The Blackshirts, formally the Voluntary Militia for National Security (MVSN), were the paramilitary wing of the National Fascist Party of Italy. Formed in 1919 as the squadristi, the people that became known as the Blackshirts followed Benito Mussolini and the Quadrumvirate, and they took part in the 1922 March on Rome, where King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy decided to not use the Royal Italian Army against them and let Mussolini replaced Luigi Facta as Prime Minister. On 23 March 1923, the Blackshirts became an official paramilitary group of Fascist Italy, and it used violence and intimidation to keep the PNF in power. It was dissolved on 29 July 1943, incorporated into the Italian armed forces.
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Flag of the Blackshirts
Blackshirt members
MVSN Blackshirts in combat