In the hands of a skilled player however, Italy can expand rapidly carving a vast empire for itself, becoming a danger for even the biggest major powers.
It is also quite backward industrially and seriously deprived of colonial resources. Fascism has successfully rallied the Italian people to nationalism through its visions of Italian imperial grandeur.Īmong other major powers Italy is the weakest as far as Leadership pool is concerned. Fascism under "Il Duce" Benito Mussolini rose to power on the pledge to restore Italy as an empire and successor to the Roman Empire, challenging the other major powers of Europe. This promise was not fulfilled, causing Italian fury at a so-called "mutilated victory". In the Great War of 1914 to 1918, Italy entered the war based on the promise by France and the United Kingdom that Italy would be guaranteed a fair share of the spoils of victory upon Germany's and Austria-Hungary's defeat. After the fall of the Roman Empire, Italy went through centuries of foreign domination until the 19th century. Italy is a rising but vulnerable major power.
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