Italian territorial claims

[Pkunzipper]

I've seen in the screenshot that Italy has claims only on Bolzano and Malta.

IMO Italy should have claims on Bolzano, Toulon, Grenoble, Corsica. (Why Malta?)

 

[Johan Elisson]

Agree on Toulon and Grenoble. But why Corsica, it hadn't been Italian (Genuan) since sometime in the 18th century. Or did Italy officially say that they wanted the island? I should maybe either skip both Corsica and Malta or have both? I just added Malta because it seemed right.

/Johan

 

[Pkunzipper]

Just checked my sources, they say nothing about Malta and Corsica (don't know why I thought so...) So I'd skip them

 

[Johan Elisson]

Ok.

/Johan

 

[StephenT]

Mussolini made a few speeches in 1938 laying claim to Corsica, but that seems to have been hot air aimed at frightening the French rather than serious policy.

However, what about that province on the Austrian side of the Adriatic - the one that includes Fiume? (I don't have the name handy - is is Split?). Gabriel D'Annunzio certainly believed it was part of Italia Irredenta, and Italy annexed it during WW2.

 

[Pkunzipper]

Yes, Italy had claims on Trentino (Trieste) and Istria (Fiume), but in HOI all these regions are included in Venice region, that is too big to be given to Austrians

 

[berhaven]

Originally posted by StephenT
Mussolini made a few speeches in 1938 laying claim to Corsica, but that seems to have been hot air aimed at frightening the French rather than serious policy.

However, what about that province on the Austrian side of the Adriatic - the one that includes Fiume? (I don't have the name handy - is is Split?). Gabriel D'Annunzio certainly believed it was part of Italia Irredenta, and Italy annexed it during WW2.

Well the situation of Italian Claims on the East is:
Italy after WWI annexed Trentino, Trieste and Istria (plus the town itself of Zara - Zadar) by the peace treaty with Austria, after WWI, and Fiume (Ryeka) after the D'Annunzio Expedition (1919-1920).

The rest of Dalmatia was claimed (and actually it was part of the "promises" of the London treaty) and annexed during WWII along with the Lubiana province.

Other land claimed by Italy include French territories of Corsica, Nice and Savoy, Malta, Ionic Islands (Cephalonia, Corfu, etc.).
Italy also claimed Tunis and part of the old German colonies and of the formerly Ottoman territories.

Actually the nationalistic frustration based on these unsatisfied claims (expecially in the Adriatic) was a significant driver for the early success of Mussolini and Fascism.