Early Italian successes and failures
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- Early Italian Success and failure
- The Treaty of Bardo
- May 12, 1881
- After French had invaded Tunisia
- Gave France responsibility for defense and foreign policy decision of Tunisia
- Tunisia became a French protectorate
- French excluded Italy from any of the negotiations
- Italy had staked a claim to Tunisia
- Showed their contempt for 'New Italy'
- Italo-Turkish/Turco-Italian/"the Libyan war"
- Fought between Ottoman Empire and Italy
- Sept. 29th 1911 - Oct. 18th 1912
- Minor
- A precursor of WWI
- Sparked nationalism in Balkan states
- Italians easily defeated the Ottomans
- encouraged balkans to attack empire before it was finished with Italy
- Saw many technological advances in warfare
- aeroplane
- first ever aerial bomb
- Oct. 23rd 1911
- Italian pilot flew over Turkish lines and dropped it
- The Triple Alliance
- Between Italy, Germany and Austria-Hungary
- Promised mutual support in event of an attack
- For Italy - an attack by France or any 2 other great powers
- Italy had to specify this was not against UK
- Abyssina (the first Italo-Ethiopian War
- Precoursor - Battle of Dogali (Jan 1887)
- Ethiopian Emperor's governor attacked Italians day prior - 100s E's killed but only 4 Italians injured
- 500 Is sent to Sahati to reinforce Italians
- ambushed and all were killed
- except for 80 injured who managed to escape
- ambushed and all were killed
- ended in crushing victory for Ethiopians
- Battle of Adowa March 1896
- Italians were concentrated and were defeated decisively
- Italians totaled 20,000 troops with 56 artillery pieces
- Battle of Adowa March 1896
- Ethiopians had 3000 dead and 6000 wounded
- Italians had 9000-12000 dead
- Precoursor - Battle of Dogali (Jan 1887)
- Transformism(o)
- New Parliament Political parties were weak
- principles and philosophy mattered little
- Liberal politicians moved in and out of office regularly
- Their response was to create large political coalitions
- Often with bribes/favoures being offered
- Givoanni Giolloti became known as master of this
- PM on 5 separate occasions
- Their response was to create large political coalitions
- New Parliament Political parties were weak
- Strikes and riots
- Italy was not economically stable
- There was illiteracy and poverty - particularly in South
- 90% of Sicilian army recruits were rejected due to poor health
- There was illiteracy and poverty - particularly in South
- A number of risings in 1902
- bloody peasant uprisings described as "normal"
- 1890- I's french investment which aided economic growth was removed
- unememployment spiralled
- gov.t's response was to sanction Marshall Law in problem areas
- Many were killed
- King began to govern by royal decree
- set a precendent for Fascism later
- Italy was not economically stable
- The Treaty of Bardo
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