Autopatrolled users, Bureaucrats, Confirmed users, Interface administrators, Rollbackers, Administrators
818
edits
No edit summary |
No edit summary |
||
Line 35:
=== Great War ===
[[File:9nzeszmhksl91.png|thumb|Territorial concessions promised to Italy in the Pact of London]]
It all began with the Great War. With the start of the war in 1914, Italy was immediately divided between pro and anti war forces in politics, as Italy remained on the sidelines for a year since the government at the time was led by the anti-war government of Giovanni Giolitti. Among the "interventionists" was the young Socialist journalist Benito Mussolini, who for violent accusations against major politicians and his general riotous attitude in favor of the war, the majority anti-war PSI kicked Mussolini out of the party. But we'll return to Mussolini later. Returning to the war, with the ascent of Antonio Salandra's government, and under the impression the war would be quick, and especially after being promised large swathes of land, such as South Tyrol, Venezia-Giulia, Istria and Dalmatia by the British and French, in the
=== Post-War ===
|