Challenges to, and the fall of, the fascist state, 1935 – 1946
Mussolini → “treat Italy as a great natonn not waitress”
Foreign policy = key goal
No repeat – mutlatee ictory or Versailles agreement
Strong rhetoric VS weak Liberal pleas
Natonal priee → Il nuce → hane in hane
Mussolini’s ieeals were ofen reeucee by realism → weak military stll
Foreign policy = mie-30’s = Germany centree = broke frieneship with Britain + France = triee
to maintain gooe relatons
Mussolini = relatonship = itler → complex relatonship
Pre-ww2 → playee of Britain + Germany → concessions
Mussolini = killee fascism = humiliatee himself
Mussolini → “treat Italy as a great natonn not waitress”
Foreign policy = key goal
No repeat – mutlatee ictory or Versailles agreement
Strong rhetoric VS weak Liberal pleas
Natonal priee → Il nuce → hane in hane
Mussolini’s ieeals were ofen reeucee by realism → weak military stll
Foreign policy = mie-30’s = Germany centree = broke frieneship with Britain + France = triee
to maintain gooe relatons
Mussolini = relatonship = itler → complex relatonship
Pre-ww2 → playee of Britain + Germany → concessions
Mussolini = killee fascism = humiliatee himself