Italy

Summer in Italy is between June and September but, due to the difference in latitude between Northern Italy and the south, the temperatures are very different. Southern Italy can be very hot (30degrees Centigrade and above) for most of the summer whilst the north is cooler during the outer months.

The Vatican is a separate country inside of the city of Rome. It is only 110 acres and 1000 people run by the Roman Catholic Church. San Marino is another small country inside of Italy. It is between Emilia-Romagna and Marche. It is 24 square miles.

No ottoman empire is Turkey today and turkey defeated them.

1they didn't like them at all...........they hated the war and everything it stood for.... they were just the middle man, never take thins out on the middle man....

That is a good question. Why would this powerful dictator agree to surrender his position upon request of a small group of his Cabinet and the King??

Reading a biography on Mussolini, you learn he had problems with (a) his health and (b) he also had bouts of depression. I think these two problems made him see the futility of trying to lead a country in war.

However, once he was rescued by the Germans, they seemed to have talked him into returning to a position of leader for the Fascist groups.

my great-grandpa came over here to get married,

they came yes for marriage but also because they were mostly very poor and searching for better opportunities

Once Italy was taken over there was another route to attack the Germans. Since the Germans had to spread out their forces and ammunition they weren't able to cover every flank well. Also since some trade would come out of Italy the Germans lost out on valuable resources and supplies.

Secondly.

By forcing Italy out of WW 2, it led to military successes on the Italian peninsula. Italy failed to really be an asset for Germany in WW 2.

Mussolini was the leader of the original Fascist government in Italy in the mid-1900s. The term "fascist" is used now to describe such dictatorships more generally.

BOB bob is not the answer, but it is the question! rome was great because : * Its .. Selom is a homo

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Yes, Japanese aircraft dropped bombs on the US in World War II. The bombs fell on Unalaska, one of the islands of the Aleutian Island Chain.

In addition, the Japanese did have very limited success with "balloon bombs" that they floated into the air. Of some 9,000 launched, a handful of these balloon bombs did make it to the West coast and did inflict limited damage, including 6 deaths. Links can be found below.

Additionally, the Japanese aircraft carrier I-25 launched shells at the Northern Oregon Coast on the night of June 21, 1942. Although no one was injured, a baseball back stop at Fort Stevens was destroyed and a shell exploded in a residential area of Warrenton Oregon. There is a memorial, monument, and substitute American shell (donated by the US Navy) to this occurrence that can still be visited on DeLaura Beach Lane in Warrenton.

For additional information about the Oregon bombing please refer to:

Webber, Bert. Panic! At Fort Stevens: Japanese Navy shells Fort Stevens, Oregon in WWII. Webb Research Group Publishers, Medford OR, 1995.

No, Italy has regions. A state is a an entity with self-governance in a federation. In Europe there are only three federations - Russia, Germany and Austria.

The main cities of Italy are (in order of the size of the urban agglomeration): Milan, Rome, Naples, Turin, Palermo, Florence, Catania, Genoa, Bologna, Bari, Venice and Verona.

The Most Serene Republic of Genoa (Italian: Repubblica di Genova, Ligurian: Repúbrica de Zêna) was an independent state from 1005 to 1797 in Liguria on the northwestern Italian coast, as well as Corsica from 1347 to 1768, and numerous other territories throughout the Mediterranean.

Italian food in the 1590's would have been attractive and tasty. What with the voyages of discovery, Italians found it ever easier and less expensive to get foods and flavorings from elsewhere. So the decade would represented the refinement of a century of picking and choosing among different things to eat and drink from countries further and further away from the peninsula's typical Mediterranean fare.

Giuseppe Garibaldi unified Italy in 1861. He was an anti-Catholic (anti-papist) Freemason and is considered an Italian war hero. The eventual unification of Italy took more than a decade. Garibaldi made several attempts to seize Rome in the mid-1860s, and was captured three times and sent back to his farm. In the Franco-Prussian War, Garibaldi, out of sympathy for the newly formed French Republic, briefly fought against the Prussians.

As a result of the Franco-Prussian War, the Italian government took control of Rome, and Italy was essentially united. Garibaldi was eventually voted a pension by the Italian government, and he was considered a national hero until his death on June 2, 1882.

http://history1800s.about.com/od/giuseppegaribaldi/p/garibaldibio.htm

Japan invaded Manchuria in 1931-1933 because Japan was increasingly becoming overcrowded due to its soaring population growth. It was believed by the Japanese that China could accommodate the over-spill of Japanese civilians. The Depression had also triggered a desire for Japan to gain self-sufficiency, Manchuria was an area of many natural resources such as oil and wood, which would have aided Japan greatly in their reaching of autarky. The Depression had also triggered military expansionism, and there was a great desire for a larger and stronger armed forces, as crime in the country increased. By invading Abyssinia, they would then be able to create a larger armed forces. The Manchurian Crisis could said to have been triggered by the Mukden Incident, where there was an explosion on the South Manchurian railway line, giving the Japanese a reason to invade. However it can be argued that it was the Japanese themselves who set-up this explosion, giving themselves a reason to invade. This also indicates that the Japanese were present in China prior to the Manchurian invasion!

Italy invaded Abyssinia in 1935 because Mussolini was encouraged by the League's failure to deal with the Japanese Manchurian crisis successfully. There had also been much historical tension between Italy and Abyssinia, after the Battle of Adowa in 1896, where the Abyssinian army had destroyed Italian troops who were trying to conquer the country. Mussolini himself had a great desire for self-glory and imperialism, but also to try distract the attention away from the effects the Depression was having in the country, besides Abyssinia was an area of much mineral wealth, which would have greatly helped the country to overcome the Depression. Mussolini was also disturbed by Hitler's quest to conquer central Europe, and was angered at how Britain and France instead of preventing these aggressive actions from Hitler, were actually appeasing him, such as the Ango-German Naval Agreement in 1935, which was a clear breach of the terms settled in the Treaty of Versailles. Mussolini lost respect for the League, and no longer took it seriously, so did not feel compelled to remain within its policy of collective security. The Abyssinian crisis was triggered by the Wal-Wal dispute, where there was a shooting incident at a desert oasis, giving the Italians a reason to invade!

Mussolini used his cult of personality along with the fear of communism many Italians harbored to gain widespread acceptance of Fascism. In addition, causing chaos in the streets then posing as the heroes when order was â??restoredâ?? was a very effective tactic that increased the widespread popularity of the â??Blackshirtsâ??.

The Italians invaded Abyssinia (present day Ethiopia) in Oct 1935.

This invasion was an attempt to strengthen the Kingdom of Italy before war broke in Europe. Although somewhat confusing this action should not be considered directly part of WWII. It is more of an colonial move.

When Italy invaded Ethiopia, the League of Nations, tried to penalize Italy by blocking trade to and from the country of Italy. This type of blockade is known as a trade embargo.

To secure freedom from religious persecution

Antonio Salandra (1853-1931) served as Italy's Prime Minister from the outbreak of war in Europe until his resignation two years later following military defeat at the Trentino in May 1916.

A Constitutional Monarchy ruled by a Fascist dictator. This means that there was a king (Vittorio Emanuele III), who was the leader of the country but just ceremonially (Like the queen of England). The government was controlled by Fascists like Benito Mussolini and his like-minded cohorts.

One reason was the size of Rome's military manpower. When Rome expanded into central and southern Italy in the 4th century BC and the first part of the 3rd century BC, she made alliances with the peoples in these areas. These allies had to supply soldiers who fought in auxiliary units which supported the Roman legions at their own expense. The system worked because the Romans supported the ruling elites of these peoples and shared the spoils of war, which could be considerable. In this period the allied supplied 60% of the pool of military manpower available to Rome. This was the largest pool in the Mediterranean. Later, the auxiliaries were recruited from all over the Roman Empire and doubled the size of the Roman army.

Another reason was Rome's ability to mobilise several legions (army corps) on several fronts at the same time. This ability was developed early on, in the 6th century BC, when Rome was attacked by several neighbours and had to fight both to her north and south. At one point during the Second Punic War (218-201 BC) Rome was capable of fighting in Italy, Spain and Greece at the same time.

The Roman army was already well organised and efficient when it was a citizen militia. Later she developed a professional army where the soldiers careers lasted 16 years at first and then 20 years.

Flexibility was another feature. When Rome fought against the Samnites of the mountains of southern Italy she changed her military formation from the Greek system of the phalanx to the manipular system of the Samnites, the enemy. This was because the maniples were more flexible and better suited to mountain warfare.

The Romans were single minded in warfare and went to any length to win wars. Here are some examples. The stone paved roads, a major construction undertaking, had the military purpose of speeding up the movement of troops or the transport of supplies to soldiers at the front or stationed in garrisons. The first such road was built in 312 BC and went from Rome to the front of the Second Samnite War. Towards the end of the First Punic War (264-241 BC) the Roman fleet was depleted and the Roman state run out of money. The Roman rich paid for the construction of another fleet. This fleet won the final naval battle and the war. When the Romans decided to fight the Dacians who were attacking the empire from across the river Danube the emperor Trajan had a six and a half mile long bridge built across the river.