WW1 and the affect on the liberals

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Which PM entered Italy in WW1?
orlando
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When did Italy enter WW1?
1915
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How many men were conscripted?
5 million
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Which side did Italy switch to and eventually fight for?
Triple Entente
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how much support was there for the war?
most Italians were happy with neutrality
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did italians have many victories?
few victories
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what was Italy's worst defeat in 1917?
caporetto
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Why was Caporetto so humiliating?
700,000 retreated a 100 miles and 300,000 were taken prisoner
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which was a stand out victory for italy in 1918?
Vittorio Veneto
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What should have Italy recieved in the Treaty of London?
Austrian territory and North African colonies
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What was the 'Mutilated Victory'?
where they didn't recieve any African colonies from the treaty
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what party did d'annunzio come from and seize Fiume in 1919 with?
Nationalists
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how many returning soldiers were there?
2 and a half million
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how much did the national debt rise to from 16 billion?
85 billion
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how many were unemployed by 1919?
2 million
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The value of the lira fell to £30 in 1919 but how much did fall in 1920?
£100
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there was a short boom during + after the war how can this be shown?
fiat expanded in to Europe and pirelli tyres made some money
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how many people seized fiume?
2,000 men
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did orlando resign after the mutilated victory?
yes
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which political party was the biggest 'threat' to the liberals?
socialists
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during the milant mood how many strikes were there in 1920?
1,800 strikes
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1918-1920 how much did the socialist trade union membership go up by?
2 million
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what helped the 'red threat'?
russian revolution 1917
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which political party(with a public hero, leader) inspired mussolini? 'action leads to results'
nationalists
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how much money in 1918 did the government spend and didn't make up for in taxes?
23.3 billion
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what did the government not control?
inflation
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When did Italy enter WW1?

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Which side did Italy switch to and eventually fight for?

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how much support was there for the war?

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