Watch Benito: The Rise and Fall of Mussolini

At the age of nineteen, Benito Mussolini gave up his pursuit of a career in education, dedicating himself to bringing about social change in Italy. He accomplished that in the 1920s, overthrowing the government and establishing a socialist regime. While he achieved power out of the ashes of World War I, the coming of the Second World War could prove to be his downfall.