Unit 13: Paper 3 — History of Europe (HL)
Topic 13.8: European totalitarianism (1918–1941) Questions
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The murder of which Socialist deputy in June 1924 triggered the biggest political crisis of Mussolini's early rule?
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What event in December 1934 did Stalin use as the pretext to launch mass repression?
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What event on 30 June 1934 saw Hitler order the murder of SA leader Ernst Rohm and other rivals?
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2026• Aimnova original vault - 13.8.2 - Q5
Which 1936 policy, run by Hermann Goring, aimed to make Germany ready for war by 1940 through self-sufficiency (autarky)?
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Which post did Stalin hold from 1922 that let him fill Party positions with loyal supporters?
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2026• Aimnova original vault - 13.8.2 - Q3
Who convinced President Hindenburg that Hitler could be 'boxed in' and controlled as chancellor of a coalition cabinet?
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Which 1923 electoral law guaranteed two-thirds of parliamentary seats to any party winning over 25% of the vote?
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Which two rivals did Stalin ally with in the 'Triumvirate' of 1923–25 to isolate and discredit Trotsky?
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Approximately how many Red Army officers were purged during the Great Terror, including three of the five marshals?
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2026• Aimnova original vault - 13.8.3 - Q6
To what extent do you agree with the claim that Stalin's victory in the power struggle after Lenin's death (1924–29) was the result of his own political skill rather than the mistakes of his rivals?
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2026• Aimnova original vault - 13.8.1 - Q1
What term did Italian nationalists use to describe their sense of being cheated of promised territory after the First World War?
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2026• Aimnova original vault - 13.8.1 - Q5
Which body, founded in 1927, used informants and surveillance to identify suspected opponents of Mussolini's regime?
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2026• Aimnova original vault - 13.8.3 - Q5
Which policy, launched in 1928, set state targets for heavy industry such as coal, steel, and electricity?
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2026• Aimnova original vault - 13.8.2 - Q2
Which 1924 policy restructured Germany's reparations payments and brought in US loans, restarting German industry?
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2026• Aimnova original vault - 13.8.2 - Q1
Which article of the Weimar constitution allowed the president to rule by emergency decree, bypassing parliament?
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Evaluate the claim that propaganda and the cult of personality, rather than fear of the NKVD, were the main reasons ordinary Soviet citizens accepted Stalin's rule by 1941.
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Discuss the view that the purge of the Red Army officer corps during the Great Terror was a price worth paying for Stalin's political security.
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To what extent do you agree with the claim that collectivization and the Five-Year Plans (1928–41) achieved Stalin's economic goals despite their enormous human cost?
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Evaluate the claim that the Great Terror of 1936–38 was driven primarily by Stalin's genuine fear of internal and external threats rather than by a desire to eliminate all potential rivals.
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What did the 1929 Lateran Treaty achieve for Mussolini's regime?
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