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Italy and WWI
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AS History (Italy 1896 - 1943) Mind Map on Italy and WWI, created by choccyaya on 29/01/2015.
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Italy and WWI
1914: Italy declares neutrality despite being allied with the central powers
provoked various political reactions
FOR (neutralists)
socialists
some liberals
particularly followers of Giolitti, who was keen on neutrality
AGAINST (interventionists)
Futurists
wanted war as they saw it as socially cleansing
Nationalists
wanted to win more land
some liberals led by Salendra
Why?
Italy was not economically ready for a war
wanted to preserve friendly relations with Britain
there was a lot to be gained from both sides by bargaining to stay out of the war
Italy gained a lot of trade in 1914 from countries who weren't trading with each other
Italy was under no formal obligation to fight
1915: Italy declares war on the side of the Allies
Why?
Treaty of London offers Italy various lands
Trentino + South Tyrol
Italian speaking
conquering them would achieve Italia Irredenta
Annotations:
Italia Irredenta - the idea of reclaiming Italian lands lost to Austria-Hungary and completing Risorgimento (the unification of Italy)
Istria, Trieste + Dalmatia
Adriatic trading ports
difficult for Central Powers to match this
most of the lands were owned by Austria-Hungary
1915: The Intervention Crisis
Salendra had hoped that the war would secure his position as PM
however, rumours began to spread about Italy entering the war
more and more people start to show their support for Giolitti + neutrality
Salendra has no parliamentary majority to oppose this
13th May 1915: Salendra resigns; Giolitti asked to form a new govt
Giolitti gave up once it was clear that Italy would be humiliated if it didn't accept the Treaty of London
also feared the King would be forced to abdicate
Interventionist demonstrations broke out; d'Annunzio made speeches against Giolitti
16th May 1915: King reinstates Salendra as PM
Chamber grants government full emergency powers + economic resources
24th May 1915: Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary
Salendra tries to encourage the nation into way by telling them to unite and complete the Risorgimento
28th August 1916: Italy declares war on Germany
fostered myth of 'interventionism'
idea that it was only a few senior politicians who wanted to go to war, and so had pushed Italy into it against Parliament's wishes
this was not true; Parliament had agreed to enter the war
allowed d'Annunzio and Mussolini to exaggerate
created more opposition to govt
people more eager for change
PROS
Italy would gain a lot of land
unification
glory of winning
CONS
political groups divided
left Italy open to revenge of Central Powers
gave rise to extremism
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