CaliGuy
Banned
What do you think that Italy's optimal post-World War I borders should have been?
As for me, here is my map:
Gray = Italy's 1914 borders; Purple = First Priority; Blue = Second Priority; Green = Third Priority; Yellow = Keep if Offered.
Basically, I put Trentino, South Tyrol, Trieste, and the Julian March as my first priority here. In addition to all of the Italians living there, this border is ideal for Italy for security reasons. Basically, Italy needs to have borders at the crest of the Alps all around in order to protect Italy from a hypothetical future German invasion if/after Germany and Austria become unified. As for the German, Slovenian, and Croatian minorities living in these territories, I certainly support giving them full minority rights.
My priority #2 is the city of Fiume (Rijeka) due to its large Italian population. It is less important than the territories above since Yugoslavia also wants it and thus I am less determined to get it. Meanwhile, my priority #3 is the city of Zara (Zadar) due to its large Italian population; however, it is less important to me due to the fact that it is separated from Italy by a bunch of Croatian-majority territories.
As for Albania, the Dodecanese Islands, and western Anatolia, I would keep these territories if offered but would not actively pursue them due to their lack of Italians.
Anyway, what are your thoughts on this?
Also, for the record, I got the map that I used from here:
http://nisis.weebly.com/uploads/1/0/2/9/10295486/europe_1914_outline_map.gif
As for me, here is my map:
Gray = Italy's 1914 borders; Purple = First Priority; Blue = Second Priority; Green = Third Priority; Yellow = Keep if Offered.
Basically, I put Trentino, South Tyrol, Trieste, and the Julian March as my first priority here. In addition to all of the Italians living there, this border is ideal for Italy for security reasons. Basically, Italy needs to have borders at the crest of the Alps all around in order to protect Italy from a hypothetical future German invasion if/after Germany and Austria become unified. As for the German, Slovenian, and Croatian minorities living in these territories, I certainly support giving them full minority rights.
My priority #2 is the city of Fiume (Rijeka) due to its large Italian population. It is less important than the territories above since Yugoslavia also wants it and thus I am less determined to get it. Meanwhile, my priority #3 is the city of Zara (Zadar) due to its large Italian population; however, it is less important to me due to the fact that it is separated from Italy by a bunch of Croatian-majority territories.
As for Albania, the Dodecanese Islands, and western Anatolia, I would keep these territories if offered but would not actively pursue them due to their lack of Italians.
Anyway, what are your thoughts on this?
Also, for the record, I got the map that I used from here:
http://nisis.weebly.com/uploads/1/0/2/9/10295486/europe_1914_outline_map.gif