Uprising in the Tyrol in 1928

Let us say that in 1928 the people of the Tyrol had had it with being ruled by Italy and had openly rebelled. The people had smuggled in arms from Austria and Switzerland.
The Tyrolian people appealed to the people of Austria and Germany for help as well as to those of Switzerland and France. The French have no love for Mussolini and are willing to see the versailles agreement with regard to the Tyrol undone.
Austria and Germany send in Volunteers. The New government of Hindenburg uses this crisis to rally the nation and to restore the monarchy. When Italy moves troops to quell the upring Austria orders its army into action and Germany follows suit. Thus begins the next war.
 
Let us say that in 1928 the people of the Tyrol had had it with being ruled by Italy and had openly rebelled. The people had smuggled in arms from Austria and Switzerland.
The Tyrolian people appealed to the people of Austria and Germany for help as well as to those of Switzerland and France. The French have no love for Mussolini and are willing to see the versailles agreement with regard to the Tyrol undone.
Austria and Germany send in Volunteers. The New government of Hindenburg uses this crisis to rally the nation and to restore the monarchy. When Italy moves troops to quell the upring Austria orders its army into action and Germany follows suit. Thus begins the next war.

Utter Allied Curbstomp. This isn't WWII -this is WWI, the epilogue, starting with the two main Central Powers attacking an Ally, for goodness' sake! I'm not sure why France would want to reverse the deciaion on the Tyrol (no, seriously, why would they?) and, as laughable as the 1920s Italian army was, the 1920s Austrian army was worse and the German army was literally all-but-nonexistant. Italy can probably win on its own, but if France comes in (as seems likely) Germany and Austria are in for a world of hurt.
 
Why, because by 1928 the French had realized that Italy was not an ally but a counret hungrily looking at French colonies.
 
Why, because by 1928 the French had realized that Italy was not an ally but a counret hungrily looking at French colonies.
Do you have a cite for this? My understanding is that as far as the French Foreign Office went, it was not until after Ethiopia (and even then! unclear) which way Ethiopia was going.
 
Frm what I have been able to gather the French had not exactly trusted the Italians since the end of World War I. During the Peace talks the French and British deceided not to support some of the Italian positions. It was well known that the Italians were quite eager to seize lands awarded to the Yugoslavs and as time went on and Mussolini came to power the French began to become much more distrustful of Italian ambitions.
Part of this seems to came to light in the Book Mussolini and His Generals.
 
The Tyrollean population had had it with the Italians treating them as second class citizens. Using arms that had been smuggled in the rebels were able to surprise and overrun the Italian garrisons and Police stations. Many of these rebels had formerly served in the Austrian Imperial army. What was surprising is that the rebels seemed to have gained favorable press in France and Britain.
It seems that Italy was no longer held in a favorable light in those countries.
With superior knowledge of the terrain the rebels were able to inflict loses on the Italian Military. The Swiss also seemed to turn a blind eye toward supplies being sent to the Tyrol rebels. The Swiss were not happy with the Facist governmant.
 
The Swiss also seemed to turn a blind eye toward supplies being sent to the Tyrol rebels. The Swiss were not happy with the Facist governmant.

The Swiss. Deliberately destabilizing one of their neighbors by supporting an armed insurgence there. Because they are not happy with that government. Doesn't it sound just a little bit out of character for the Swiss?
 
Nut especially. The Swiss tented at times to tilt somewhat in one direction or another. I am not saying that the Swiss would supply troops or arms to the rebels but they might aloow food , medicine and even some arms to move through Switzerland. The Swiss were no fans of Mussolini and might consider the Itlanian occupation of the Tyrol to be similar to the Austrian occupation of Switzerland.
 
The uprising in the Tyrol had awaken Austrian Nationalism and Austria had begun to moblize its troops. The Austrain army had already moved to the border and reservist had been called up.
The British governmant had called for a meeting of the League of Nations to discuss ways of defusing the crisis. The French government offically supported the move but appeared secretly to support the rebels as it no longer considered the Italians as an ally. Yugoslavia had mixed feeling about the matter but deceided to support the Austrian as it felt that Italy was trying to froment trouble in its Croatian province.
 
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