@icecoldpolitics8890
Man that prime minister pulled a pro gamer move.
@notaidiot8701
Simple animation, questions everybody’s asked but nobody’s answered, right amount of light humor, Consistent uploads. This is why this channel is one of the best history channels on YouTube.
@carloduroni5629
It's worth remembering that the German/Austrian/Italian alliance was so "sound" and sincere that when Italy was struck by the Messina earthquake in 1908 (100,000 plus dead), Austria seriously thought about profiting of it by declaring war on Italy.
@jacopovernelli7888
Most of the italians: "War sucks, we prefer peace" Salandra: "Let me just force the king to declare war, I'm not even sure on which side we'll end up fighting but this move will result in war 100% of the time"
@JustSome462
It's also worth pointing out that the relations between Austria-Hungary and Italy were at an all time low by the time of the beginning of WW1. The video explains the issue with AH annexing land in the Balkans, but it's also worth remembering that AH was also repressing the Italian population in Dalmatia, then during the 1908 Messina earthquake (Literally the most devastating earthquake by loss of life in European history) Hötzendorf, chief of the general staff of the Austro-Hungarian army and navy, called it a good occasion to invade Italy because its army was busy helping the population. Relations were so bad, that the Italians and Austro-Hungarians were literally building fortifications on the border despite being allies because neither trusted the other
@MegaHalofan11
After the war... Italy: We won! Now can I get the stuff you guys promised? Allies: Yeah... About that...
@FluteboxFan
"The Entente recommends to attack the same place 12 times at a horrendous cost" This one had me crying from laughter
@LucaP3rre
Fun fact: when Vittorio Emanuele III got to choose between the two sides, it came out that he had never wanted to be king, and was about to abdicate. But at this point Gabriele D'Annunzio came back from his exile in France, and started a big propaganda against Giolitti and the CP, and convinced the Parliament to agree to the entrance in the Entente. So, if we joined the war, it's thank to him
@MegaTomato-dr7iy
The fact that such informative content is free is truly a blessing
@emperornapoleon6204
Franz Joseph running off with a pilfered Bosnia is one of the funniest scenes ever. This content is terrific!
@noujaadw
1:17 on the question of "why is Rhodes green like Italy" in 1912 Italy seized Rhodes from the Ottoman Empire in the italo-turkish war, Rhodes and the rest of the Dodecanese islands were assigned to Italy in the Treat of Ouchy, Turkey officially ceded these islands to Italy in 1923's Treaty of Lausanne, in Italy this region became known as the Isole italiane dell'Egeo, it came under Italy's control for more then 30 years, after the second world war, at the Paris Peace Treaties, Rhodes and the other Dodecanese islands where united with Greece, 6000 Italian colonists where forced to abandon the island and return to Italy.
@nightdragonx123
Italian domestic history is just so fascinating to me
@jneedle92
Given the number of videos in which you talk about how Austria-Hungary's decision to annex Bosnia annoyed basically everyone in Europe, I think a good video idea would be to answer why they did so (and why they didn't consult any other European power when doing so)
@lordbonney9779
James Bissonette could’ve brokered peace between Austria and Italy. What a chad 🥸
@yankee3875
Germany and Austria: hey the war started we need help Italy: damn that’s crazy, good luck tho
@XIIIphobos
1:29 ”Dear Germany and the other one” Ouch but true.
@legregio2
Nice works, but there are a couple of blights: 1) there was an economic part also in the decision: Italy needed a LOT fo carbon and steel for its industries, and the Entente (specifically: England) was their principal supplier; Germany and Austria-Hungary had no possibility of taking over that burden; 2) Giolitti was a neutralist, more than a supporter of the Empires.
@FirstLast-di5sr
Short answer: never expect a defensive alliance to translate into offensive action.
@wariodude128
The guy who decided he would resign to see how the king leaned was what we in the meme community call a pro-gamer move. Makes one wonder how things might have gone down if the king decided to let him quit and Italy joined the central powers.
@reallightfield5314