History A-Level
Birth of the Italian Republic
What Birth of the Italian Republic means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Birth of the Italian Republic
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
A referendum on 2 June 1946 rejected the monarchy, and elections to a Constituent Assembly shaped the new democratic republic.
Topics that use Birth of the Italian Republic
- Challenges to, and the fall of, the fascist state, c1935–46 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
Related terms
- Allied pressure and regime collapse
- Division of Italy after 1943
- Domestic tensions and the Pact of Steel
- Economic strain and civilian hardship
- Impact of foreign policy success and failure before 1934
- Invasion of Abyssinia and its consequences
- Italian neutrality, 1939–40
- Italy’s relations with Britain, France and Germany
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