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.