The causes and meaning of the great war . my; and their remarkableachievement had unmeasured value, for the battleof Chateau-Thierry has been called the turning-point of the Italy 148. Italy Enters the War.—During this Titanic struggle on the western front, the Austrians, in thesummer of 1918, made a great assault upon theItalian armies stretching along the Piave Riverin northern Italy. Italy had entered the conflicton the side of the Allies by declaring war uponAustria, in May, 1915, and in the summer of1916 upon Germany also. Her direct object was to annex certain neigh-boring territ
The causes and meaning of the great war . my; and their remarkableachievement had unmeasured value, for the battleof Chateau-Thierry has been called the turning-point of the Italy 148. Italy Enters the War.—During this Titanic struggle on the western front, the Austrians, in thesummer of 1918, made a great assault upon theItalian armies stretching along the Piave Riverin northern Italy. Italy had entered the conflicton the side of the Allies by declaring war uponAustria, in May, 1915, and in the summer of1916 upon Germany also. Her direct object was to annex certain neigh-boring territory. She had two reasons for thisand both were patriotic. One was to reclaimterritory to the north of the Alps called ItaliaIrredenta and thereby to include in her nation alarge number of Italians who were unhappy underAustrian rule. The other was to strengthen herboundaries against Austrian attack, which fromnow on meant German attack also, for Austria hadbecome virtually a German vassal. Austria, in granting northern Italy a grudging. GENERAL CADORNA 124 THE CAUSES AND MEANING OF independence years before, had purposely fixed theboundaries so that she could at any time overrunItaly, while Italy could not harm her; and herAdriatic coast stretched opposite a large part of
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