italy topic 2 rise of mussolini 1919-1926

Question 1

what is meant by mutilated victory ?

Answer 1

the idea that although italy won the war , the soldiers lost and switching sides to the allies as well as not compensating the now ex-soldeires led to and overall feeling of betrayal and failure for italy

Question 2

when was the occupation of fiume

Answer 2

september 1919

Question 3

what happened during the occupation of fimue ?

Answer 3

led by grabielle ‘de annuzio on sep 1919 , 2000 ex-soldiers furious at the mutilated victory seized the port of fiume without a fight. this lasted a year in 1920 d’annuzio was removed .

Question 4

what is the significance of the occupation of fiume ?

Answer 4

although mussolini was not related to this event directly the occupation demonstrated that brute force was able to overcome the weakness of the liberal goverment

Question 5

when was the treaty of london and what was it?

Answer 5

the treaty of london was signed in 1915 a secret pact signed between briatin,france , italy and russia to bring a neutral italy into the war on the side of the allies

Question 6

otlando was PM at this time what was he horrified about?

what was italy denied after ww1

Answer 6

italy was denied the meditteraninan /dodecanese islands and part of the balkans the american,french and british PMs had a condesending attitude toward italy and did not see it deserving of its ‘great power’ status .

Question 7

in 1919 how many were unemployed and why?

Answer 7

over 2 million were unemplyed due to returning soldiers