AQA A Level History Depth Study: Italy and Fascism, c1900-1945 June 2018 question paper 7042/2L

With reference to these sources and your understanding of the historical context, assess the value of these three sources to an historian studying Italy in the early years of the 20th century.

‘Mussolini became Prime Minister in 1922 because the Fascists could offer strong government.’

Assess the validity of this view.

To what extent had Mussolini’s social policies created a ‘nation of fascists’ by 1940?

‘The consequences of the invasion of Abyssinia were disastrous for both Mussolini and Italy by 1940.’

Assess the validity of this view.