Vannacci rewrites fascism: "The March on Rome was not a coup d'état." PD: "The League must intervene."

"REPETITIONS FOR THOSE WHO HAVE STUDIED HISTORY IN PD MANUALS." This caption appears in capital letters at the top of one of Roberto Vannacci 's latest Facebook posts . The former general has decided to reopen the debate on the twenty-year period, promoting his lesson on fascism.

Obviously, a catalogue of historically highly questionable statements follows, under the old rubric "Mussolini also did good things." Or rather, it was what the Italians wanted.

The list begins: "On May 15, 1921, Benito Mussolini was elected to Parliament with the Fasci Italiani di Combattimento. He was the third most voted MP in Italy." As if to say, a democratic choice. Then he continues: "The March on Rome was not a coup d'état but 'little more than a street demonstration' ( Francesco Perfetti - historian)". Suffice it to say that "the Royal Army, under the king's orders, had every opportunity to stop the March on Rome, but Victor Emmanuel III refused to sign the state of siege and, on October 29, summoned Mussolini to Rome (who arrived comfortably by train from Milan), tasking him with forming a coalition government".

The MEP also emphasizes the vote of confidence in the first government led by Benito Mussolini, "composed not only of fascists, but also of liberals, populars, and nationalists." The underlying theory: "Fascism, at least until the mid-1930s, exercised power through the instruments provided for by the Albertine Statute, that is, within the legal system of the Kingdom of Italy." Even the racial laws of 1938, Vannacci argues, "were approved by Parliament and promulgated by the king, according to the procedures established by law." Under the post, hundreds of comments accuse Vannacci of revisionism ("historical obscenities"). Many recall the Matteotti assassination, which Vannacci does not mention. The dissenting responses are overwhelming, with some accusing the general of the crimes of the dictatorship established by Mussolini, others of his alliance with Hitler, and still others of the war.