Impact of WWI on Italy

Political/Social
1. 650,000 men killed 1,000,000 wounded
2. workers were pushed into unions
  1. 1919 strike - 2,000,000 participated
    1. Businesses saw the Liberals as weak - they wouldn't crush the strikes
3. 1919 Occupation of Fiume - 2,000 armed men involved, occupied for 15 months
4. 1919 Treaty of St Germain - Italy gained Tyrol, Trentino, Istria BUT NOT all of Dalmatia or Fiume
  1. Liberals were blamed for 'Mutilated Victory'
5. Socialist Party membership 1914 50,000 1919 200,000
  1. 1919 election - Socialists win 32.4% of the vote
Economic
1. Companies (such as Fiat) found their products were no longer in demand
  1. 2,000,000 unemployed by 1919
2. National Debt 1914 16 billion lira 1919 85 billion lira
3. the Liberal government printed extra money - led to inflation, middle class lost their savings and lower class suffered drastically

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	Created by Eva Clifton about 10 years ago