AQA A Level History Depth Study: Italy and Fascism, c1900-1945 November 2020 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 rise of Fascism in Italy in the years 1920 to 1922.

To what extent did the rise of socialism cause political instability in Italy in the years 1911 to 1914?

‘The strength of the Fascist regime in the 1930s depended on the police state.’

Assess the validity of this view.

‘In the years 1936 to 1939, the close relationship with Germany was of no benefit to Italy.’

Assess the validity of this view.