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Supreme War Council

Italy · Warfare / World War, 1st. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

7Records
1917–1919Date range
4Named people
3Places

Chronological records

1917

Luigi Cadorna7 November 1917

Rapallo · Warfare / World War, 1st

Italian defeat at Caporetto helps force Allied leaders to create the council.

Vittorio Emanuele Orlando7 November 1917

Rapallo · Warfare / World War, 1st

Supports formation of the council after Italy's defeat at Caporetto.

Sidney Sonnino7 November 1917

Rapallo · Warfare / World War, 1st

Represents Italian foreign policy in the Rapallo discussions.

Luigi Cadorna1 December 1917

Versailles · Warfare / World War, 1st

Represents Italy after being removed from field command.

Armando Diaz1 December 1917

Versailles · Warfare / World War, 1st

Takes command in Italy as the council reviews the Italian front.

1918

Vittorio Emanuele Orlando5 November 1918

Versailles · Warfare / World War, 1st

Represents Italian interests as the armistice terms are shaped.

1919

Vittorio Emanuele Orlando12 January 1919

Paris · Warfare / World War, 1st

Represents Italy in Allied postwar deliberations.

Names involved

Armando DiazLuigi CadornaSidney SonninoVittorio Emanuele Orlando

Provenance

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