London Pact

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The London Pact was a secret World War I agreement in which Italy was promised territorial gains in return for joining the Allies against the Central Powers.

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instanceOf World War I agreement
secret treaty
alsoKnownAs Treaty of London (1915)
classification secret diplomacy
conflictContext World War I
countryOfOrigin France
Italy
Russia
United Kingdom
dateSigned 1915-04-26
disclosed after the Russian Revolution of 1917
effect Italy declared war on Austria-Hungary in 1915
Italy joined the Allies in World War I
followedBy public peace settlement negotiations at the Paris Peace Conference
hasTopic diplomatic history of World War I
territorial expansion of Italy
historicalPeriod 1910s
influenced Italian irredentism
post-World War I Italian territorial claims
language English
French
Italian
legalStatus secret agreement at the time of signing
locationSigned London
linked to: London, England
negotiatedBy British government
linked to: UK government

French government
Italian government
linked to: Government of Italy

Russian government
opposedTo Central Powers
partyAlignment Allies of World War I
promisedRegion Dalmatian coast
Dodecanese Islands
linked to: Dodecanese

Istria
South Tyrol
Trentino
parts of the Austro-Hungarian Empire
promisedTerritoryTo Italy
purpose to bring Italy into World War I on the side of the Allies
to promise territorial gains to Italy in exchange for military support
relatedTo Italian intervention in World War I
Treaty of Rapallo (1920)
Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye (1919)
signatory French Third Republic
Kingdom of Italy
Russian Empire
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
subjectOf historiography of secret treaties in World War I

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