AQA A Level History Depth Study: Italy and Fascism, c1900-1945 June 2025 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 the support for Fascism in Italy in c1930.

‘Giolitti’s decision to invade Libya in 1911 weakened Italy in the years to 1914.’

Assess the validity of this view.

‘It was the weakness of the opposition in 1922, rather than the strength of the Fascists, which enabled Mussolini to become Prime Minister.’

Assess the validity of this view.

To what extent was Mussolini personally responsible for the failures of Italy’s war effort in the years 1940 to 1943?