Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Mutemo waMussolini wokune dzimwe nyika wakanga une chinangwa chokudzorera mbiri yekare yoUmambo hweRoma kupfurikidza nokuwedzera zvinhu zvokutonga zveItaly uye nharaunda yechiFascist yesimba. Mumakore ekuma1920, akarayira pacification yeLibya, akarayira kubhombwa kweCorfu pamusoro pechiitiko neGirisi, akagadza dziviriro pamusoro peAlbania, uye akabatanidza guta reFiume mudunhu reItaly kuburikidza nezvibvumirano neYugoslavia. Muna 1936, Ethiopia yakakundwa zvichitevera Hondo yechipiri yeItaly neEthiopia uye yakabatanidzwa muItaly East Africa (AOI) neEritrea neSomalia. Muna 1939, mauto eItaly
Albania yakabatanidzwa. Pakati pa1936 na1939, Mussolini akarayira kupindira kwakabudirira kwemauto eItaly muSpain achitsigira Francisco Franco muhondo yevagari vomuSpain. Italy yaMussolini pakutanga yakaedza kudzivisa kutanga kwehondo yenyika yechipiri, kutumira mauto kuBrenner Pass kunonoka Anschluss uye kutora chikamu muStresa kumberi, Chirevo cheLytton, Chibvumirano cheLausanne, Chibvumirano cheMasimba mana uye Chibvumirano cheMunich. Zvisinei, Italy yakabva yazviparadzanisa neBritain neFrance nokuzvibatanidza neGermany neJapan. Germany yakapinda muPoland musi wa1 September 1939, zvichiguma nokuzivisa hondo neFrance neUnited Kingdom uye kutanga kweHondo Yenyika II.