Key Individuals Flashcards
Vittorio Emanuele Orlando
(pg 225)
An Italian statesman, who served as the Prime Minister of Italy from October 1917 to June 1919.
He was the President of the Chamber of Deputies between 1943 and 1945, and a member of the Constituent Assembly that changed the Italian form of government into a republic. Aside from his prominent political role, Orlando was a professor of law and is known for his writings on legal and judicial issues, which number over a hundred works.
After the Italian military disaster in World War I at Caporetto on 25 October 1917, which led to the fall of the Boselli government, Orlando became Prime Minister, and he continued in that role through the rest of the war.
- a strong supporter of Italy’s entry in the war.
- successfully led a patriotic national front government, the Unione Sacra, and reorganized the army.
Orlando was encouraged in his support of the Allies because of secret incentives offered to Italy in the London Pact of 1915. Italy was promised significant territorial gains in Dalmatia.
Orlando’s first act as head of the government was to fire General Luigi Cadorna and appoint the well-respected General Armando Diaz in his place. He then reasserted civilian control over military affairs, which Cadorna had always resisted. His government instituted new policies that treated Italian troops less harshly and instilled a more efficient military system, which were enforced by Diaz.
Roberto Cantalupo
Former ANI member
played a role on influencing the direction of fascist educational policy as well as asserting that facisms most important goal should be the creation of new generation of Italians loyal to fascist ideals.
