Big picture
Big picture
Italy's story is best understood as a chain, not a single dramatic takeover. Fascism grew out of weaknesses in the liberal state, then collapsed when war exposed how shallow Mussolini's claims to greatness were.
Step-by-step lessons on Edexcel A Level History The rise and fall of fascism in Italy, c1911–46. Each one builds up to exam-style questions. Build a secure grasp of the outline narrative for your breadth and depth periods first, since the source-evaluation and historical-interpretations questions that carry a large share of the marks depend on that contextual knowledge.