King+Victor+Emmanuel

King Victor Emmanuel

On the outbreak of World War I, King Victor Emmanuel and his government supervisors agreed that it would be of Italy's best interest to remain neutral. However, at a secret meeting held in England on April 26th, 1915, representatives from the Italian Government agreed to enter the war on the side of Britian and France in exchange for financial help and the granting of land. When World War I ended and the Treaty of Versailles had been written though, Italy got nothing. Her economy was  crumbling , and the people were upset. This led  to the rise of Benito Mussolini, a powerful man with fascist ideas. After the march to Rome made by fascist who supported Mussolini, King Victor agreed to hand over most of the power to Mussolini. During the 21 years Mussolini was in power, King Victor was appoint emperor of his conquests. In 1936, Ethiopia became and Italian colony and King Victor became Emperor of Ethiopia. Then in 1939 when Mussolini took over Albania, King Victor became Emperor of Albania as well. King Victor was fairly pleased with the way Mussolini conducted the government until the start of World War II. Faced ith an Allied invasion in July 1943, King Victor Emmanuel forced Benito Mussolini to resign.