The Treaty of London, also called the Pact of London, was a secret agreement concluded on 26 April 1915 by the United Kingdom, France and Russia on one side and Italy on the other, intended to entice Italy into entering the First World War on the side of the Triple Entente. The agreement promised Italy territorial expansion against Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire, as well as enlargement of its African colonies. The Entente powers hoped the arrangement would force the Central Powers, particularly Germany and Austria-Hungary, to divert forces from existing battlefields, and that it might also encourage Romania and Bulgaria to join the Entente as Italy had done.
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Why did Italy call its victory mutilated when the Treaty of London had promised it so much?
The Paris Peace Conference cut back what the secret treaty had promised, and the Entente dropped its promises of colonies and part of Asia Minor.
Italy declared war on Austria-Hungary in May 1915 but waited a year before declaring war on Germany, which led France and the United Kingdom to resent the delay. At the Paris Peace Conference after the war, the United States pressed to void the secret treaty as contrary to the principle of self-determination, and a new agreement reduced the territorial gains the treaty had promised. Italy received Trentino-Alto Adige and the Julian March, along with Istria and the city of Zadar, but the Entente went back on its promises of expanded colonies and a part of Asia Minor. Gabriele D'Annunzio turned the resulting resentment into a nationalist cry that the outcome of Italy's war was a mutilated victory.
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a secret agreement concluded on 26 April 1915 by the United Kingdom, France, and Russia on the one part, and Italy on the other
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a secret agreement concluded on 26 April 1915 by the United Kingdom, France, and Russia on the one part, and Italy on the other
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Signed at London April 26, 1915
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Languages: French and English
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the Pact of London (Patto di Londra, French: Pacte de Londres)
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These talks collapsed on 15 February 1915.
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The Treaty of London (Italian: Trattato di Londra; Russian: Лондонский договор, romanized: Londonskiy dogovor) or the Pact of London (Patto di Londra, French: Pacte de Londres) was a secret agreement concluded on 26 April 1915 by the United Kingdom, France, and Russia on the one part, and Italy on the other, in order to entice the latter to enter the Great War on the side of the Triple Entente.
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