BM's ever changing character (FP: 1922-late 30s)

Question 1

What was BM posing as for the eyes of B&F?

Answer 1

A good neighbour

Question 2

By the late 1920s what was he determined to do?

Answer 2

Revise the peace settlement

Question 3

What would he need to do in order to achieve this?

Answer 3

A)FRIENDS

B)STRONGER ARMED FORCES

Question 4

When did he sign a friendship treat with Hungary (another revisionist state)?

Answer 4

1927 (FRIENDS)

Question 5

Why did he fund RW groups in Germany in the late 1920s?

Answer 5

-hoped that a pro-Fascist govt might come to power there: even went as far as to train German pilots in Italy, a clear breach of the ToV. (FRIENDS)

Question 6

What did BM tell the Italian parlt in 1927?

Answer 6

That he would create an air force “large enough to blot out the sun”. (STRONGER ARMED FORCES)

Question 7

What did he immediately do after signing the KBP outlawing war?

Answer 7

dismissed it in a speech to the Italian parlt

Question 8

What was clear by the early 1930s?

Answer 8

• That the F regime was clearly ready to do more than meddle in Balkan affairs
• & was now prepared to challenge the European status quo directly in pursuit of a “greater” Italy.

Question 9

What would happen in the 1930s?

Answer 9

Italy would increasingly become more aggressive not only in the Balkans but in Europe and N. Africa too.