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Mussolini’s intervention in the Balkans was aggressive but inconsistent. It was guided by his desire to overturn the Versailles settlement in order gain the territories promised Italy in the Treaty of London in 1915 as the basis for a renewal of Italy’s imperial policies in the Adriatic and Mediterranean. The historical roots of his policies went back to the Venetian Republic and the Risorgimento. He regarded Great Britain as the main obstacle to his plans. His occupation of Albania was the first step toward his goal. He forged an alliance with Hitler to secure his continent flank but sought to conduct a parallel war against Greece and Yugoslavia. His joint occupation of these countries with Germany was fraught with disagreements particularly over supporting pro-Axis movements among the Croats and Serbs. |
