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