Booklet 7 - (1923-1939) Italian Foreign Policy

Question 1

what happened in 1923?

Answer 1

Corfu incident resolved and the Bombardment of corfu

Question 2

when was Italy’s gain of Fiume?

Answer 2

1924

Question 3

what happened 1925

Answer 3

Mussolini signed Locarno Treaty

Question 4

when did Albania become a protectorate of Italy?

Answer 4

1926

Question 5

1928-32?

Answer 5

‘Pacification’ of Libya

Question 6

when was the four power pact in Rome?

Answer 6

1933

Question 7

1934?

Answer 7

Dolfuss Affair + Mussolini assembles Austrian to prevent Anschluss

Question 8

Why is 1935 the turning point in Italian Foreign Policy?

Answer 8

Break down of relations with Britain and France, Mussolini becomes much more militaristic - less focus on diplomatic success

Question 9

what important diplomatic alliance happened in 1935?

Answer 9

Stressa Front

France + Britain

Question 10

what military action occured in 1935?

Answer 10

invasion of Abyssinia

Question 11

alliance formed in 1936?

Answer 11

Rome-Berlin Axis

Question 12

When was the spanish civil war?

Answer 12

1936-39

Question 13

1937?

Answer 13

Anti-comintern pact and withdrawl from league of nations

Question 14

when was the munich conference?

Answer 14

1938

Question 15

1939?

Answer 15

Pact of steel, declaration of non belligerence and the invasion of albania

Question 16

what are the key militaristic aspects of Mussolini’s foreign policy?

Answer 16

vicious take over
italy military respected and feared

Question 17

historic goals of the foreign policy?

Answer 17

bring italy back to it’s rennisance period of wealth
reclaim roman heritage and the glory of rome

Question 18

what were Mussolini’s top foreign policy aims?

Answer 18

• Acceptance among foreign powers
• expansion in the mediteranian
• military prestiege / respect