History A-Level
Economic strain and civilian hardship
What Economic strain and civilian hardship means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Economic strain and civilian hardship
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
The war economy could not sustain a long conflict, as industry lacked raw materials, and defeats and hardship produced political tensions.
Topics that use Economic strain and civilian hardship
- Challenges to, and the fall of, the fascist state, c1935–46 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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- Division of Italy after 1943
- Domestic tensions and the Pact of Steel
- Impact of foreign policy success and failure before 1934
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- Italian neutrality, 1939–40
- Italy’s relations with Britain, France and Germany
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