Originally Posted by Strengthandhonour

What I can tell you about Peron is that a lot of people have a very flawed view of what he believed and worked for. A lot of Argentineans I have known believe that Peron was a man who introduced a lot of workers rights that the country had not seen before. A lot of people believe that Peron was a nazi, this is not true.
Peron certainly respected fascism and never dared to hide his respect and appreciation for Mussolini, but I don't think Peron was a fascist. There was some parallels between fascism, such as a strong centralized government and freedom from foreign influences. As far I know he never showed any respect or close views to Hitler, people often mistake that just because Peron gave refuge to many individuals from the third reich that he was some sort of nazi.
I know the Italian and German army had a strong influence on the Argentine armed forces. I heard that in the 1900's 8 out of 10 of the main military instructors at the Argentine military academy were Germans.