What did Italy get out of the Treaty of Versailles?

On May 5, 1919, the delegation from Italy?led by Prime Minister Vittorio Orlando and Foreign Minister Sidney Sonnino?returns to the Versailles Peace Conference in ... warning of civil war in Italy—driven by an increasingly radical movement of right-wing nationalists—if the country did not receive what it had been promised. read more

In response, the Italians pulled out of the treaty negotiations for a time, but ultimately accepted the terms offered. The Treaty of Versailles was incredibly unpopular in Italy, and fueled significant anti-British, anti-French and anti-American sentiment in the country. read more

At Versailles instead problems arose for the Italian delegation (whose competence was questionable), the US did not sign the Treaty of London, and Wilson were very concerned with ethnic homogeneity of the post war settlement. read more

Italy had declared war on Germany in 1915 after the Secret Treaty of London. In the treaty France and Britain had agreed that Italy would be given the Adriatic coast at the end of the war. • When Orlando arrived at Versailles he expected France and Britain to keep their promise. read more