9. Italy And WW1 Flashcards
List a few affects the war had on Italians
- women worked 75hours a week
- liberal state was delicate
- strict censorship
- tensions between neutralists and interventionalists
- poor living standards
- self employed had no support
How many casualties were there by the end of ww1
650,000
How many were Italian prisoners
600,000
What had the debt increased to by the end of the war?
85 billion
What did Morgan comment on the war?
“War did not bring national integration”
What did Blinkhorn say regarding the liberal government during the war
“Seen as ineffectual and irrelevant”
When was the treaty of London
1915
What land did the treaty of London promise?
- South Tyrol
- Dodecanese island
- trieste
- FIUME
- Trieste
What did Italy actually receive after the war
- South Tyrol
- trieste
- istria
They were still disappointed as they did not gain everything the treaty promised
What did many people claim the victory of the first war was?
Mutiliated victory
What did D’Annunzio do as a result of the mutilated victory
- reclaimed Fiume to implement patriotism
- 1919, seized Fiume
Who was D’Annunzio
- nationalist
- 1914-15 interventionist speaker
- discussed the March on Rome
- created syndalist movement charter of Carnaro
How many people were involved with the seizure of Fiume
- 2000 irredentists and nationalists
How did the Fiume seizure end
King ordered retreat in 1920
What were D’Annunzios opinions on Mussolini
- “thug fascist”
- he told people not to follow him
