Fascist movements grew from ex-servicemen plotting putsches into minor electoral parties.

Evidence

General Rudolf Gajda, commander of the Czech Legion under Kolchak during the Civil War in Russia, discharged from the Czech army for plotting a military putsch in the ‘twenties, formed a fascist League for Electoral Reform which won three seats in the 1929 elections in Czechoslovakia. When the Nazis entered the country, he hoped to become their puppet ruler, but they no doubt mistrusted his nationalist past since his hopes were frustrated. — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 2180

Categorization

• SHARE: An obscure-eccentric detail: Gajda hoped to be the Nazis’ Czech puppet ruler but his own nationalist past made them distrust him.
• XREF: connects to: French fascism drew on syndicalist and anti-bolshevik movements rooted in ex-servicemen; European fascism drew its intellectual lineage from syndicalist and ex-servicemen milieus. — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 2179; Fascist movements recruited disaffected military officers radicalized by the Russian Civil War

Broader Connections

• French fascism drew on syndicalist and anti-bolshevik movements rooted in ex-servicemen #expands (0.85)
• European fascism drew its intellectual lineage from syndicalist and ex-servicemen milieus. #expands (0.85) — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 2179
• Fascist movements recruited disaffected military officers radicalized by the Russian Civil War #expands (0.80)