AQA A Level History Depth Study: Italy and Fascism, c1900-1945 November 2021 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 fall of Mussolini in 1943.

‘Italy entered the First World War in 1915 because of Italian public opinion.’

Assess the validity of this view.

To what extent was Mussolini’s appointment as Prime Minister in 1922 due to the weakness of King Victor Emmanuel III?

‘Mussolini’s regime gained huge benefits from its relationship with the Catholic Church.’

Assess the validity of this view with reference to the years 1929 to 1939.