Life In Mussolini's Italy Flashcards
1
Q
Education
A
After school movements eg: Balilla for boys 8-14
Encouraged boys to be soldiers
2
Q
Motorways
A
Austradas
3
Q
Pontine Marshes drained
A
Fir farmland
New towns built
4
Q
Relations with the Catholic Church
A
Recognised Vatican republic
Lateran Pacts
Catholic Italy
5
Q
Foreign policy
A
Yugoslavia handed over town
Hard line in argument with Greece
6
Q
Invasion of Abyssinia
A
Mussolini wanted an empire Invaded Abyssinia They were in the League of Nations M ignored them Turned to Hitler
7
Q
Rome-Berlin Axis
A
Italian German Alliance
8
Q
Pact of Steel
A
1939
9
Q
Italy in WW2
A
Too week to support Germany.
Hoped to gain French territory.
10
Q
Invaded
A
Greece
Attacked British forces in North Africa
11
Q
1943
A
Allies invaded Italy
M removed from power
12
Q
Italy —-
A
Changed sides and joined the Allies
13
Q
April 1945
A
M tried to flee to Switzerland
Captured and executed.
14
Q
Domestic Policy
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Education
Motorways
Pontine marshes
Catholic church
