Mussolini Before and During WW2 (Leaving Cert History): Flashcards
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Rome-Berlin Axis year
Rome-Berlin Axis year
1936
Munich Conference date & purpose
Munich Conference date & purpose
Sept 1938, addressed Sudetenland crisis
Munich Agreement outcome
Munich Agreement outcome
Germany annexed Sudetenland
Pact of Steel date
Pact of Steel date
May 22, 1939
Mussolini's N. Africa goal
Mussolini's N. Africa goal
Expand Italian empire like ancient Rome
Mussolini declared war on Allies
Mussolini declared war on Allies
June 1940
Operation Compass date & type
Operation Compass date & type
Dec 1940, British counteroffensive
Italian soldiers captured by Feb 1941
Italian soldiers captured by Feb 1941
Over 130,000
Afrika Korps leader
Afrika Korps leader
General Erwin Rommel
Battle of El Alamein outcome
Battle of El Alamein outcome
Late 1942, Axis defeat
Grand Council vote against Mussolini
Grand Council vote against Mussolini
July 25, 1943 - vote of no confidence
Italian Social Republic
Italian Social Republic
Nazi puppet state in N. Italy led by Mussolini
Mussolini's rescue date
Mussolini's rescue date
Sept 1943 by German forces
Mussolini execution date
Mussolini execution date
April 28, 1945 by Italian partisans
Mussolini's body display in Milan
Mussolini's body display in Milan
Hung upside down in public square