Treaty of London (1915)

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.