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20 Cards in this Set
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What didItaly use to justify their initial non-intervention?
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The breaking of Article 7
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When didItaly join the war?
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May 1915
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Under whattreaty did Italy join the war? |
The Treaty of London
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What were the ‘Terra Irredenta’?
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Trieste, Trent and Tyrol (lands unredeemed sinceunification)
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How many soldierswere conscripted in total?
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Nearly 5 million
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What was thepay for soldiers?
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0.5 lire a day
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When wasGorizia captured?
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August 1916
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How manyItalian casualties were at Gorizia?
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21,000 Casualties
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When was theBattle of Caporetto and who was in charge of the army?
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24thOctober 1917General Cadorna
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How many Italians were taken prisoner atCaporetto and who replaced Cadorna?
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300,000SoldiersGeneral Diaz
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Where was the Italian army pushed back tofollowing Caporetto?
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The Piave river (100 km miles back)
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When was the battle of the Piave River and whatwas was its significance?
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15th June – 23rd June 1918and it was the last major Austrian-Hungarian offensive
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When was theBattle of Vittorio Veneto?
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24th October 1918 (Anniversary ofCaporetto)
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What were the‘Arditi’ and how many of them were there?
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40-50,000 Eliteshock-troops (volunteer commandos)
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When didAustira-Hungary sign an armistice?
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3rd November 1918
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What was the National debt in by the end of thewar?
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15.7bn lire (June 1914) – 84.9bn lire (June1919)
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What was inflation by 1918?
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412.9 points (100 in 2013)
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What was theGovernment deficit by 1918?
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23.3bn lire
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What wereindustrial workers known as?
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‘Imboscati’ (Shirkers)
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What were the daily wages of the industrialworkers?
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6 lire a day
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