Blackshirts
The Blackshirts, MVSN or Voluntary Militia for National Security were a Fascist paramilitary group in Fascist Italy's National Fascist Party during the rise and reign of Benito Mussolini. They operated from 1923-1943, having started as the Squadrismo in 1919. The similar SA or Brownshirts was formed in 1921 by the National Socialist German Workers Party better known as the Nazi Party.
Blackshirts Media
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Blackshirts with Benito Mussolini during the March on Rome, 28 October 1922.
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Parade of the Blackshirts on Corso Libertà in Bolzano, c. 1930.
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Blackshirts on Piazza di Siena in Rome, 1936.
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Command of the 73rd Blackshirt Legion in Mirandola, Province of Modena, 1941.
Palace of the Militia in Mirandola, Province of Modena, c. 1930.
- Dire Dawa Station Blackshirts 1936.jpg
Blackshirts seize a railway station of the Ethio-Djibouti Railways in Dire Dawa, May 1936.
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Blackshirts during Operation Barbarossa, 1941.
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Benito Mussolini as First Honorary Corporal of the MVSN.
Former MVSN Chief of Staff Achille Starace wearing the black fez, black shirt and tie, and black collar flames on the tunic lapels.
