Iron Cross Fire

Italy's sudden entry into the war caught many countries by surprise, and Austria-Hungary did not have time to react.

It was almost impossible for Italy to join the war, but it also had a certain logic.

The king was a war advocate, which almost doomed Italy to participate in World War I.

The king might be full of distrust of the army and was a softie in politics. Later, when Mussolini marched into Rome, he acquiesced to Mussolini's rule without saying a word.

Cowardly people are very cautious, especially now that Russia has collapsed and the Allies are clearly dominant, he dared not make trouble for no reason, but fate found him.

Because he betrayed the Allies, German Emperor Wilhelm II often threatened him and sent some local troops to invade Italian territory.

Invading national sovereignty is almost a naked declaration of war, but the king still dared not say a word.

The Italian Prime Minister, who had previously advocated withdrawing from the Allies, did not dare to pay for himself and ignored Germany's unreasonable attack.

Seeing that the ruling class was so incompetent, the Italian people could not stand it. The proud "Romans" did not allow them to surrender to other barbarians.

They launched a demonstration larger than that of Russia, and major literati denounced the government's inaction and declared that they would drive out the traitors and Germans together.

Fortunately, government officials protected the king and the prime minister in time, so that they turned a blind eye to what was happening outside, and the tragedy of Sarajevo was not repeated.

The Italian people did not get the response they deserved, and they were deeply disappointed with the government and began large-scale looting.

A large number of state-owned enterprises were boycotted, infrastructure was destroyed, the personal safety of civil servants was threatened, and governments at all levels were almost paralyzed overnight.

Most of the Apennines fell into anarchy, and Italy was in great chaos during this period.

The major ideologies took this opportunity to promote their ideas, sweeping across all classes of Italy, making Italy even more chaotic.

At the critical moment, the king still placed his hopes on the Allies, hoping that they would take the initiative to lend a hand.

But Britain and France were both immersed in the war and had no time to take care of a country that had nothing to do with them? So Italy was left in disarray.

The king now recognized the truth, and under pressure, he put all the blame on the prime minister, and then deposed the unfortunate prime minister.

Then, he announced that he would fight the German invaders to the end, and would not surrender even if the last drop of blood was shed.

He ordered the defense forces to drive out all the Germans, but surprisingly, the Italian regular army could not even beat the militia!

400,000 people just failed to break the German defense line, and in the end, the Germans had enough fun and left on their own.

However, the official Italian version was adapted into: the brave Italian men defended their motherland and drove away the unbearable and evil German invaders.

At this point, the direct reason for the war has been generated, and the next step is to analyze it from the historical origin.

Italy was founded by the Savoy Dynasty. The dynasty wanted to drive Austria out of Italy, but it was not strong enough. France was Austria's mortal enemy, so it ceded its hometown Savoy to France in exchange for France's help.

However, this exchange was never taken back. Savoy is still French territory to this day, and the Savoy dynasty has become the Savoy dynasty without Savoy.

From this perspective, France occupied their Savoy and Corsica, where their people have lived for generations, but because of some changes, they have to speak French.

In addition, Italy was founded in the 19th century, and the colonies were basically divided up at that time, leaving only some uninhabited territories in Africa.

In order to prove that they are also European powers, the Italians embarked on the road to explore Africa.

However, the territory it colonized was very small, and it was all bad land, and there was a Solomon Dynasty that was not easy to mess with; compared with France's strong colonies in Africa, it was simply a comparison that made people angry.

The Italians naturally could not stand such humiliation, so they were once a member of the Allies.

So why did Italy turn against the Allies? The choice of the Prime Minister is part of it, but the main thing is to go back to history.

In the early Middle Ages, Italy was ruled by the Lombards, and it was still a complete feudal country at that time.

But with the rise of Charlemagne, most of Western Europe was ruled by the Carolingians. After Charlemagne's death, Italy was ruled by a Roman Empire composed of Germanic peoples, and Italy's disgust with the Germanic people began from this.

At the end of the 15th century, the power within the Holy Roman Empire was decentralized, and it was difficult for the central government to control Italy, which had inconvenient transportation, so that the Italian countries gradually separated from the control of the Holy Roman Empire. This is the "shadow kingdom".

It is a good thing to gain independence, but after independence, Italy was divided into pieces, and the Apennines exchanged opinions with each other in a friendly manner, just like the warlord situation in East Asia.

The culprit for this situation is no other than the omnipotent but money-starved God who can do such a thing.

Italy was especially close to God, so only after the Thirty Years' War (the final part of the Reformation) ended, when Catholic authority was severely damaged, could Italy begin to try to unify.

Unfortunately, before the religious wars, the Habsburg dynasty had already firmly controlled the Greater Greece region (the southern part of the Apennines, not Greece), and the Austrian branch of the Habsburgs also controlled the northern part of Italy.

In the 17th and 18th centuries, the era of European despotism arrived, and the powers became more aggressive.

The Apennines were the first to be hit because of their proximity to Austria, and Austria soon controlled most of the interests.

Absolute monarchy is brutal, and it is not easy to maintain it. Rebellion must be suppressed by more violent means.

After the French Revolution, with the help of Napoleon, Austria successfully spit out Italy.

However, Austria soon made a comeback, but Austria was surrounded by enemies at this time. The compatriots who were originally ruled by it now became enemies. The whole country was busy, so it had no time to care about Italy.

So it was not until the second half of the 19th century that the Savoy dynasty completed the mission of unifying Italy. It can be seen that the process of unification of Italy was very difficult.

Why was it so difficult? It was all the work of the Austrians! They have not returned part of the Italian territory to us so far!

Although France is not a good pie, it at least helped me unify. On the other hand, what did the Austrians help me with? Just oppressing us blindly! This is a contempt for humanity!

We once fought bloody battles for the Germans, but what did we get after the war? We got nothing.

After that, we hated war and didn't want to go to the battlefield anymore, but the Austrians still forced us to die for the damn Habsburgs!

Obviously, the French are better, but they have some territorial disputes with us, which can be completely ignored.

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