Booklet 8

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  • Italy's entry to WWII
    Italy joined on Germany's side, breaking the alliance with the Allies
  • Domestic response to Italy's entry to WWII
    People believed Italy was not socially and economically ready for war
  • International response to Italy's entry to WWII
    Italy's entry finalized the break of the alliance between the Allies and Italy
  • Italy as the inferior power in the Axis alliance
    Italy's failed invasion of Greece showed their weakness compared to Germany
  • Operation Barbarossa
    German invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941
  • Outcomes of the invasion of Greece
    Italy failed to invade and needed Germany's assistance
  • Italy's main economic weaknesses
    Italy's WW1 economic failures and the Great Depression worsened their economy
  • Italy's main military weaknesses
    Italy's army was not strong enough compared to the rest of the world
  • Domestic tensions in 1943
    Sicilian invasion by the Allies led to the fall of the Fascist Regime and Mussolini's arrest
  • Parallel War

    The Greek/Italian war happening alongside the main world war
  • Spazio vitale

    Territorial expansionist concept of Italian Fascism
  • Mussolini's deposition by the Fascist Grand Council and King

    Mussolini was voted out of power and arrested for leaving a meeting with the King
  • Mussolini's limited power as head of state of the Italian Social Republic

    Mussolini's authority was undermined by military defeats
  • Restoration of democracy in Italy

    Christian Democracy took over after Mussolini's departure
  • Salò Republic
    Nazi puppet state that Mussolini was put back in charge of
  • Kingdom of the South
    Area ruled by the King after the Armistice of Cassibile
  • Partisan

    Strong supporter of a party, cause, or person
  • Operation Husky
    Allied invasion of Sicily
  • Mussolini's role in the fall of the Fascist State
    Mussolini was disposed of by the Fascist Grand Council
  • King Victor Emmanuel III's role in the fall of the Fascist State
    The King could override and arrest Mussolini
  • Dino Grandi's role in the fall of the Fascist State

    Grandi plotted to get rid of Mussolini
  • Hitler's role in the fall of the Fascist State
    Hitler showed Italy's weakness and took control
  • King Umberto II's role in the fall of the Fascist State
    The final king of Italy before the monarchy was disbanded