Can physical education be part of a totalitarian project to control and reshape the masses? Both the leader of Fascist Italy, Benito Mussolini (1883-1945), and the leader of Nazi Germany, Adolf Hitler (1889-1945), believed that sports could be used to forge the bodies and minds of their nation's youth, preparing them for their future role as warriors.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original content at https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2667/why-was-fascism-obsessed-with-sports/.