1882

It built upon the Franco-Russian Alliance of 1894, the Entente Cordiale of 1904 between Paris and London, and the Anglo-Russian Entente of 1907. It formed a powerful counterweight to the Triple Alliance of Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy….Franco-Russian Alliance.

The Triple Entente was composed of Great Britain, France, and Russia.

Why did Great Britain, France, and Russia form the Triple Entente in 1907? To counterbalance the threat posed by the Triple Alliance of Germany, Austria and Italy. France wanted to regain lands previously seized by Germany. German invasion of Poland.

Triple Alliance, secret agreement between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy formed in May 1882 and renewed periodically until World War I. Germany and Austria-Hungary had been closely allied since 1879. Italy sought their support against France shortly after losing North African ambitions to the French.

In 1915, Italy signed the secret Treaty of London and came into the war on the side of the Triple Entente (Britain, France, Russia). By its terms, Italy would receive control over territory on its border with Austria-Hungary stretching from Trentino through the South Tyrol to Trieste as well as other areas.

After a series of military failures, in July of 1943 Mussolini gave control of the Italian forces to the King, Victor Emmanuel III, who dismissed and imprisoned him. The new government began negotiations with the Allies. The subsequent British invasion of Italy was unopposed.

In the final Treaty of Versailles, signed in June, Italy received a permanent seat on the League of Nations, the Tyrol and a share of the German reparations.

Victory in the war gave Italy a permanent seat in the Council of the League of Nations. “Fascist Italy” is the era of National Fascist Party government from 1922 to 1943 with Benito Mussolini as head of government. Then came the second phase, “the construction of the Fascist dictatorship proper, from 1925 to 1929”.

Tredici

In Italy, theater décor and signs are never purple, as that color represents theatrical disaster. Thus, actors always avoid wearing purple on opening night. Similar superstitions exist throughout Europe: the French are fearful of anything green in their theaters, while Spaniards are wary of yellow.