PAPER 3 - ITALY AND MUSSOLINI
 
Europe (including Russia/USSR) covers Italy and Mussolini in several different categories;

This regional option extends from the later half of the 18th century to 1995. It is recommended that school select a period of approximately 100 years within these dates for in-depth study. Within this option students should be aware of the key political, social, economic and cultural events and themes that have affected Europe . These could include; causes and effects of the French Revolution; impact of the Industrial Revolution; establishment of nation-states; the world wars; rise and fall of authoritarian states; and establishment of parliamentary democracy in the region. Several themes, a wide range of events and more than one country should be studied. (bold and italic letters = covers Italy and Mussolini...)

15 - The inter-war years, 1919 to 1939
foundation, structure, work and decline of the League of Nations
search for collective security, alliances and treaties, eg. Rapallo and Locarno
Weimar Germany, the Third Republic in France, Great Britain
economic problems, Wall Street Crash, the Depression
the breakdown and abandonment of the principle and practice of collective security

16 - Totalitarian Europe, 1922 to 1953: Fascist Italy, Nazi Germany and Stalinist Russia
nature of one-party states, ideologies, repression, propaganda, state control
Mussolini’s rise and rule, 1922 to 1945: domestic and foreign policies
Rise of Hitler and the Nazi Party
Hitler in power, 1933 to 1945: domestic and foreign policies
Stalin in power, 1928 to 1953: domestic and foreign policies

18 - The Second World War, 1939 to 1945: causes, course and consequences
international diplomacy in the inter-war years
appeasement, collapse of the League of Nations
aggressive policies of Hitler and Mussolini
total war and its effect
war in the air, at sea, on land, the home front
political, social and economic consequences of the war

You can find information in:

= Old Morris = New Morris = Newest Morris = Traynor

Old Morris - The unification of Italy pages 61-77 + Fascism in Italy pages 270-285
New Morris - Italy, 1870-1943 pages 260-290
Newest Morris - Italy, 1870-1943 pages 253-284

Traynor - Mussolini's Italy 1922-1943 pages 142-170

 
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