History A-Level
Allied pressure and regime collapse
What Allied pressure and regime collapse means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Allied pressure and regime collapse
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The Allied invasion of Sicily in July 1943 made the regime's collapse imminent, leading the king to dismiss and arrest Mussolini.
Topics that use Allied pressure and regime collapse
- Challenges to, and the fall of, the fascist state, c1935–46 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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- Italian neutrality, 1939–40
- Italy’s relations with Britain, France and Germany
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