Italy entered the war in 1915 with just a few dozen airplanes and more or less t…

The article demonstrates the significance of the Great War for Italian Futurism:…

During the First World War, Italian soldiers’ attitudes varied widely, from enth…

This article illustrates the main characteristics of the long commemorative cycl…

In Italy, as in all the belligerent countries, the First World War fully involve…

In Italy, as in the other European states involved in the First World War, the o…

The Italian colonies, with the partial exception of Libya, played only a seconda…

The article illustrates the soldiers’ attitudes to the war, highlighting both th…

Italian cinema has tried with difficulty to exploit the narrative idealization o…

During the First World War, the Italian government was unable to establish a rea…

During the period of neutrality, Italian public opinion was divided into two cam…

Italian historiography of the Great War has been deeply affected by the close li…

This article analyzes changes provoked by the war within the world of industrial…

Literary activity in Italy during the Great War was based on a very wide range o…

This article investigates the dimensions of meaning that Italian intellectuals e…

For Italy, the mass death of soldiers in the First World War was a completely un…

While on the Western Front there were only limited territorial movements, the Ea…

During and after the First World War, Italy experienced different kinds of occup…

Industrial mobilisation in Italy during the first World War took on particular c…

Starting from the essential parameters of the Italian economy and finance in the…

Post-war Italy was the only country that proved unable to use victory as a rheto…

Propaganda, combined with censorship, was indubitably one of the genuinely novel…

From 1870 to 1914, given the inferiority of the Italian army with respect to tha…

In the first part of the article, the salient features of the experiences of the…

The Italian government, in line with its liberal political views, left the mater…

During World War I, about 630,000 people found refuge in the interior of the Kin…

This article summarizes the state of knowledge about the role of religions durin…

This article analyzes the events which occurred in the Italian scientific world …

In the years 1914-1918, Italy was the scene of periodic waves of protest against…

At the outbreak of the First World War, Italian diplomacy did not have a clear v…

The Italian Army faced the conflict in an inferior position compared to the oppo…

Setting out from the fundamental variables of the Italian economy and finances o…

Despite the high rates of illiteracy in Italy on the eve of the war, the conflic…

The article examines the Italian losses in the Great War 1914-1918. Regarding th…

The departure of millions of men for the front created unprecedented areas of ac…

Luigi Albertini was a journalist and editor-in-chief of one of the most importan…

Arditi were elite assault troops in the Italian army. They also emerged on Ital…

Attrition warfare is the term used to describe the sustained process of wearing …

Francesco Baracca was the most famous Italian aviator, and shot down thirty-four…

Cesare Battisti was the leader of the socialist party of the Italian Tirol (Tren…

Italian bishops and chaplains played a central role in making sense of the war b…

After a long parliamentary career, Paolo Boselli became Italy’s 22nd prime minis…

Luigi Cadorna was a career military man, the son of a major general in the army …

A technique of concealment and protection, a means to deceive but not kill, camo…

Luigi Capello was an Italian general who took part in the war on the Gorizia fro…

The Battle of Caporetto, also known as the Twelfth Battle of the Isonzo, remains…

In December 1914, there were several truces between enemy soldiers along one par…

Benedetto Croce is an important figure for both Italian intellectual life (throu…

One of Italy’s leading literary figures, Gabriele D’Annunzio agitated for Italia…

Armando Diaz was an Italian officer and a general during World War I. In 1917, a…

World War I was not simply a conflict among European states but a global war of …

Of the two world wars, the First World War was special in that fear figured prom…

A minority section of the women’s movements opposed World War I and organized th…

The use of portable flamethrowers in combat was a First World War innovation. Th…

Gaetano Giardino was an Italian general best remembered for his role as commande…

Giovanni Giolitti favored the increased liberalization of Italy, which encourage…

The Battle of Gorizia, known as the Sixth Isonzo’s Battle, was fought by the Ita…

Italy entered the First World War in May 1915, roughly ten months after it began…

The battles of Isonzo represented Italy’s main offensive efforts against the Aus…

This article examines the history of Italian irredentism before 1915; and its pl…

The Italo-Turkish War (1911-1912) took place mainly in Ottoman Libya following I…

The Treaty of London was a secret agreement signed by Italy, Great Britain, Fran…

Between 1914 and 1918, the machine gun played an ever-increasing role on the bat…

The First World War represents the apex of the ideal of the male warrior hero. B…

The real naval war in the Mediterranean turned out to be a struggle against Germ…

In 1915 the Italian government created an agency called Mobilitazione Industrial…

The history of the Italian military volunteers concerns not only the roughly 10,…

After the battle of Caporetto, the Austro-German army launched several attacks a…

Italian Socialist Benito Mussolini envisioned war as the prerequisite for revolu…

Italy’s war at sea reflected the more general trends of the naval warfare in the…

Francesco Nitti was minister of the Treasury in the Orlando Cabinet after the de…

Ugo Ojetti was a journalist who, during the war, was tasked with the protection …

A renowned jurist with lasting influence, Vittorio Emanuele Orlando served as ju…

This article focuses on the efforts of the Italian government and certain instit…

The two battles of the River Piave were fought between 10 November and 25 Decemb…

Much of the reign of Pope Benedict XV was dominated by the First World War. Pope…

The Socialists’ opposition to war in France, Germany and Italy during the period…

Although rape was not usually systematic, it occurred frequently on all fronts d…

Antonio Salandra was an important Italian politician in the early 20th century. …

Sidney Sonnino was the Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs during World War I. H…

Storm troopers were soldiers in specialized assault units, which emerged in the …

The Supreme War Council was an Allied administrative organisation, created by th…

At the end of the Great War, many countries determined that they would bury an a…

Trentino is an Italian-speaking region which was the southernmost part of the Ty…

Victor Emmanuel III played an important, if often overlooked part in Italy’s dec…

Gabriele D’Annunzio’s phrase “mutilated victory” infers that Italy’s wartime sac…

The Battle of Vittorio Veneto was fought between 24 October and 4 November 1918 …

Comics played a very important role in the total mobilization in Italy. Firstly …

This article examines the concept of war poetry and considers the range of poeti…

As a long-lasting industrial war, the Great War led to the realization of consid…

One third of the 9.7 million soldiers killed or declared missing during the Grea…

This article considers the use and evolution of air power during the First World…

Alliances were an important feature of the international system on the eve of Wo…

The First World War and its direct repercussions in the postwar period (revoluti…

The nature of the First World War put an end to traditions for battle painting. …

Soldiers’ attitudes towards the Great War are a controversial issue, as they pro…

This article presents cartoonists as patriotic propagandists mobilizing their pe…

Censorship was an indispensable war weapon: its task was to keep the people in a…

The centenary of the First World War has been a catalyst for battlefield tourism…

The First World War centenary saw an emergence of new portrayals of the conflict…

The centenary events surrounding the First World War have produced a significant…

The commemorative period between 2014 and 2018 was marked globally by numerous e…

Mass conscription recast relationships in families, raised minors’ potential as …

By 1914 the leading states had succumbed to varying degrees of militarism, subor…

This article deals with civilian morale during the First World War. Between 1915…

The First World War ushered in an unprecedented wave of commemorations. Mass dea…

Total war is a controversial term used in the past by politicians, publicists an…

The end of fighting in 1918 raised hopes for swift and equitable military demobi…

During the entire war, warring powers used the “secret war” to try to break the …

The First World War was not only the precondition of the rise of fascist movemen…

The First World War played a significant role in the evolution of film both as a…

During the First World War, food became a major issue for military and civilian …

One sees a wide range of political regimes from a democratic republic with unive…

The rapid spread of epidemics ravaged military personnel and civilians in and ou…

This article focuses on the extent to which imperialism contributed to the outbr…

The Treaty of Versailles was signed on 28 June 1919, establishing both the Leagu…

The article examines international efforts to curb states’ war-making prerogativ…

In May 1915, Italy attacked Austria-Hungary along the Isonzo River and in the Tr…

Across the major belligerent powers, industrial production and the mobilization …

This article compares the history of labour movements during the war across a ra…

The Treaty of Versailles was signed on 28 June 1919, the same day on which the L…

Militarism is a vague term that has meant different things to different people a…

This essay offers a comparative survey of the practice of military justice among…

This article examines the lessons derived by the military organizations that par…

Change and continuity marked belligerent societies’ norms and values during the …

This article offers an overview of the progress of nationalism and the national …

All of the great belligerent states of World War I were naval powers and engaged…

Many issues surrounding the conduct of war in the years 1914-1918 were imperviou…

The Great War was never considered the “war to end all wars” by the states and a…

This paper examines major peace initiatives during World War I. It describes eff…

The Great War gave new impulses to the further development of public welfare sys…

The First World War marked the shift from a 19th century, relatively ad hoc mana…

This article summarizes and compares the principal arguments and strategies of p…

This article explores the policies adopted and implemented against enemy propert…

Raw materials were vital during the First World War. Due to the armaments produc…

This article addresses the scale of wartime population displacement in continent…

From the cradle to the grave, popular religion formed a necessary and vital, if …

The conduct of warfare in 1914-1918 included extensive population resettlement i…

This article surveys the various movements toward social, national, and politica…

The paper describes the impact of war on peasantry and its mobilisation in the w…

The military service of teachers and the mobilization of schoolchildren for volu…

Allied capacity at sea to sustain global transport and supply determined their a…

This article deals with the nature of social conflict during the war. The length…

This article explores how the anticipation, reality, and memory of sacrifice inf…

A vast array of initiatives designed to counteract the destructiveness of the Fi…

Reflecting current historiography, this article focuses primarily on Christian c…

This essay examines how the "everyday" functions in war, not only for those on t…

October 1918 witnessed the collapse of the German and Austro-Hungarian armies, b…

This article offers an overview of peacemaking after the First World War from th…

Imperialism shaped almost every facet of international politics from 1898 to 191…

Static “trench warfare” belied a dynamic transformation in warfare between 1914 …

The Great War required war-making states to mobilize and sustain the financial r…

It may surprise us to learn that some sectors of the European public were in fav…

This article explores women’s economic, social, and political responses to the F…

Female war reporters from belligerent and neutral countries were present in the …