Case study 2: German and Italian expansion (1933–1940)
Causes of expansion - Impact of fascism and Nazism on the foreign policies of Italy and Germany - Impact of domestic economic issues on the foreign policies of Italy and Germany - Changing diplomatic alignments in Europe; the end of collective security; appeasement Events - German challenges to the post-war settlements (1933–1938) - Italian expansion: Abyssinia (1935–1936); Albania; entry into the Second World War - German expansion (1938–1939); Pact of Steel, Nazi–Soviet Pact and the outbreak of war Responses - International response to German aggression (1933–1938) - International response to Italian aggression (1935–1936) - International response to German and Italian aggression (1940)