Why didn't Italy join the Central Powers in World War One? (Short Animated Documentary)

Italy was allied with Germany and Austria-Hungary when the First World War broke out and infamously didn't join the war on their side. So why not? To find out watch this short and simple animated history documentary. A special thanks to my Patreon supporters below: Jens Koch-Nommensen Øystein Alsaker Sergio M. Vela khaki enthusiast Dennis Vandeban Michael Kram Hasmuffin CharÉTS Franco La Bruna Ethan Don Bonnigan Ian Whitcomb Southside Mitch Adam Barrett Justin Kubusch Bradley chaulk John Matthew Literovich Heath Robertson JakeBak0905 Person Timmy Stone Korix Riylo Jane Sumpter Joooooshhhhhh Harley Raptopoulos Brooks Woolson Alex Teplyakov Vance Christiaanse Shauna K Mario Peshev Joshua Rackstraw sharpie660 Phoenix Fats Travis Mount Nathan Mendelsohn Martha Grondin Philip Yip Christopher Godfrey ConspiracyPizza Aaron Conaway Sean D. tegsirat Piotr Wojnowski Joshua Schneider Jamie van Brewen zockotron Konstantin Bredyuk Andreas Mosand Adrian Marine Andrew F John Orr Jack Nelson Zhao Liu Dr. Schtnizel Erik Hare Steven Gibson Paul Munro Andy McGehee Phillip Gathright Evan Ellingson Nicholas Menghini Peter Marino Liam Gilleece ArthurMorgan Nick Macarius D. Mahlik Arthur Hosey Jr. Tony Belmonte Tactical_Jackal Dana Spurgeon William Swiacki Angel Aguiñaga HelloAgain Roman Kynčl Nolan Peale mgnesium.poetry Matthew Toles MGS2600 Manny F Ron Johnson Contdoko12 Bernardo Cavalcanti Thomas McGraw Chris Winther Allen Rines Clayton Schuman Jacob Zachs Andrew Patane Carl Blanton Sahni Katie Flinn Bradley Backoff Matt Reed Keith A. Layton John Garcia Vilena5 Joe DeVito Zachary Pascalar Chase Labiste Tino Zach Rust Michael Galloway Brian George Ciege Engine Windischgraetz Wilhelm Screamer Bernice KNSTRKTVST Daniel J Miller blaZzinG_FurY Chris Weisel Dullis Perry Gagne Tim Stone William Adderholdt Serius_Loyola Leena Al-Souki Jason Vandeventer george tyler ARandomPaperClip Anthony McCann Matthew O'Connor Hexapuma ThePalestRose Christopher S Nelson Bartosz Zasada Logical Insanity Bodo Nuber Mickey Landen Ben Drums 24 Joseph Reinsch Justin Short Patty Culp David van Reyk Joel Cromwell Aaron Larrow Curt Helmerich Blue Cardinal Tyler Jenkins Thomas McGill Ethan Harlow Ahmed Roshdi Valentyn Liquid Chief Chach Juan Castillo Joseph Hutchins Andrew Niedbala Colm Byrne Burt Clothier Tim Sweeney Dexter_McAaron No way Stefan Møller Vegard Tønnessen Joel Wasserman Geoffrey Sparrow Matt Busch Clay Carroll Ryan Lowe bas mensink Ned Burke Emily D Bren Ehnebuske Jason Gould Little Ernu Oliver Jenner Steve Bonds Warren Rudkin Colonel Oneill BattleGoat Studios Nathan Ngumi Matthew Ward Magdalena Reinberg-Leibel luvrhino Jonny Minogue STEVEN MAGALLANES Richard Wolfe Alen Yared Cristiano Sethars Tim Stumbaugh kevinh Brian Giordano Andrei Listochkin Melissa Prober James Romney Manassa Donald Weaver SketerK Robin! Joseph Kerckhoff Mars Project Azul Bravestrong nullptr Emily Glover-Wilson anon SirAlpaka William Clark pdswanfleet Yosef Waysman Tristan Kreller Eric Askins Hiro P David Spellmeyer LambOfLeg Dr. Howard Dr. Fine Dr. Howard Juan Benet Jeffrey Schneider Rob Rollins Yuichiro Kakutani Zach Weakland James R DeVries Aeryn and Lisa Toland Hunter Bayliss Alex G. Scott Oppel Thomas Wang Anthony Uk אורי פרקש I'm Not In The Description mohd Sara Birnbaum Ryan Haber hefcluba Charles Doolittle Igor Stavchanskiy Mark Ploegstra Colm Boyle Wolf YugiJitsu Games Tranier Bocaj Ali Sadighian Kinfe85 Mik Scheper Kevin Phoenix Roko Lisica Tom Ebert 0_DannyBoy Zachary Oertel Allen Dutchball Animations Will Sullivan Isabel Harrison Robert Brockway Nathan Snyder Stephen Beresford Dustin Koellhoffer Chasen Le Hara Lech Duraj Miky Hidalgo Morriss Gregory Priebe Dan Reiher Sean Long Riley davidson George Caponera Ian M Sophie Winter Dr. Sarno Seth Reeves Doug MacLean Rita Cragwall Danny Anstess Peter Konieczny Shakira Graham AltHistoryConjectures Heytun Andrew Sever Barry John Gross-Whitaker Paul McGee Lindorien Abdallah Al-Ammari João Santos Daniel O'Reilly Deadlock Typhoon2401 Markus Lindström Michael Corson blei95 Jan Bart Verbist M Scho Olaf Kasi Robin_Col Ploshtinska polyudnica Schwarzer Hai biohazardgamer Rhys Little James Tarsirrus Ben L Ash Elford Jackarice26 Harrison Tatem-Wyatt Gina Service Twinny Hill zemnmez Roberticus1992 Tom Pollard KingKyumber DarkLycan Phil Johnston Rhys Jackson