Italian Nationalist Association

Italian Nationalist Association
Associazione Nazionalista Italiana
SecretaryEnrico Corradini
Other leadersGabriele D'Annunzio,
Luigi Federzoni,
Alfredo Rocco,
Costanzo Ciano
Founded3 December 1910
Dissolved4 March 1923
Merged intoNational Fascist Party
NewspaperL'Idea Nazionale
Paramilitary wingCamicie Azzurre
Ideology
Political positionFar-right[2][3][5][6]
National affiliationNational Bloc (1921–23)
Colours  Blue

The Italian Nationalist Association (Associazione Nazionalista Italiana, ANI) was Italy's first nationalist political movement founded in 1910, under the influence of Italian nationalists such as Enrico Corradini and Giovanni Papini. Upon its formation, the ANI supported the repatriation of Austrian held Italian-populated lands to Italy and was willing to endorse war with Austria-Hungary to do so.[7] The party had a paramilitary wing called the Blueshirts.[8] The authoritarian nationalist faction of the ANI would be a major influence for the National Fascist Party of Benito Mussolini formed in 1921. In 1922 the ANI participated in the March on Rome, with an important role, but it was not completely aligned with Benito Mussolini's party.[9] Nevertheless, the ANI merged into the Fascist Party in October 1923.[10]

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