REVISION IGCSE CAMBRIDGE HISTORY: THE PACT OF STEEL 1939

REVISION IGCSE CAMBRIDGE HISTORY: THE PACT OF STEEL 1939. The Pact of Steel, known formally as the Pact of Friendship and Alliance between Germany and Italy, was a military and political alliance between Italy and Germany. The pact was initially drafted as a tripartite military alliance between Japan, Italy and Germany.

1. PACT OF STEEL 1939 IGCSE HISTORY REVISION

2. DEFINITION The Pact of Steel was an agreement signed by Hitler and Mussolini that bound their countries in a military alliance.

3. Question 1 Italy’s invasion of which Southeast European country set the stage for this pact?

4. Answer 1 Albania.

5. Question 2 Anglo-French fears that Italy planned to attack other countries in souteast Europe led them to guarantee the independence of which two countries?

6. Answer 2 Greece and Romania.

7. Question 3 Along with the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, the Pact of Steel reassured Hitler of what?

8. Answer 3 That he would not have to fight a war on two separate fronts.

9. Question 4 What was the main significance of the Pact of Steel?

10. Answer 4 It ended British and France hopes that a wedge could be driven between the two dictators.

11. Important Mussolini’s decision to draw his country militarily closer to Germany was influenced by the fact that Italy appeared an increasingly junior partner to growing German power and menace.