AHC: No Italian colonial wars pre-WW1

Upon entering WW1, Italy was a financialy drained state from seizing Libya from the Ottomans and its failed Etheopian expedition. Colonialism though, as we all know, was a way to gain respect in the day, but Italy, newly united and with a army and navy struggling to properly integrate, found its treasury quickly drained, and as a result had to rely off massive loans.


So, how does one stop Italy from going on these adventures? Is it completley ASB? If so, can Italy go for any less financially draining targets?
 
Upon entering WW1, Italy was a financialy drained state from seizing Libya from the Ottomans and its failed Etheopian expedition. Colonialism though, as we all know, was a way to gain respect in the day, but Italy, newly united and with a army and navy struggling to properly integrate, found its treasury quickly drained, and as a result had to rely off massive loans.


So, how does one stop Italy from going on these adventures? Is it completley ASB? If so, can Italy go for any less financially draining targets?

Italy don't even try to gain colony is very ASB, becouse in the time they were perceived as a great symbol of prestige and international recognition.
But frankly a more strong governmanent, more self assured leadership can probably butterfly away the Lybian and Ethiopian expedition, who were basically done for internal measure...the short and victorious war plan:rolleyes:, maybe someone with the Bismark idea on colony...that are a waste of time and resource, so Italy try only somalia and Eritrea, probably try to buy some minor island or colony somewhere

So long and thank you for the fish
 
So, how does one stop Italy from going on these adventures? Is it completley ASB? If so, can Italy go for any less financially draining targets?
Easy.
If France does not annexes Tunisia, Italy does not go in to colonial frenzy.
Up to the Tunisian annection Italy a pursued a "clean hands" policy toward the colonial affair, limiting itself to economic penetration and the occasional bought of a strip of land to be used as an harbour (Asmara).
Econnomic penetration had been particularly noticeable in Tunisia, which formally was Othman but de facto was independent,and, being just a short walk from sicily (assumung you can walk on water), had an i important italian community.
The italian government mantained as a sure thing that everyone accepted the fact that Tunisia was in the italian sphere of influence, and the idea that a friendly power (i.e. friendly toward italy) could invade it was not even taken into consideration.
When France invaded, canceled all the contracts to italian firms and replaced them with contracts to french firms.
The italian first were shocked, then enraged, and then again reached the conclusion that should hurry up and grab a slice of the cake before the others had eaten it all.
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PS: I think you are serously overestimating the negative impact ot the lybian war on the italian economy
 
Yeah I probably am. Sorry. :eek:

The problem is though, Britain didn't want Italy having Tunisia due to not wanting one power to hold both the sea lanes past Sicily. Is there any way to allay those fears? A more hostile Franco-British relationship? A Italy more accepted by the two powers?

(As a side note, the Ottomans' keeping Libya is quite an interesting idea too:D)
 

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Yeah I probably am. Sorry. :eek:

The problem is though, Britain didn't want Italy having Tunisia due to not wanting one power to hold both the sea lanes past Sicily. Is there any way to allay those fears? A more hostile Franco-British relationship? A Italy more accepted by the two powers?

(As a side note, the Ottomans' keeping Libya is quite an interesting idea too:D)
Hmm, but the fate of Tunisis was ultimately up to France: Will they take it themselves or let Italy have it.
 
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