WWI Factions: The Italian Army

Faction: The Italian Army
The First World War
Conscription was introduced by the Italian government in 1907.
By 1912 the Italian army was 300,000 strong, but there was a shortage of experienced NCOs and trained officers.
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[@bellapop7414]

my great grandfather was part of the arditi but died in caporetto. I have several photos of him

[@ronbonora7872]

May be rest in peace. Amen!

[@aidendean9375]

May he rest in pasta 🍝 amonserella

[@marcomenabue7717]

@@aidendean9375 why...

[@aidendean9375]

Was he killed by a 50cal pasta livista round

[@marcomenabue7717]

@@aidendean9375 dude you are joking about a man that died for his country

[@freidrickmace2366]

0:20 of course Luigi is in green

[@christianho1901]

@Mr. Supershallo Luigi in Mario u fool

[@rosalindaherrera5350]

GENRAL LUIGI

[@Michael-di7bg]

Wait, don't you mean green-Mario? *Man found dead in his house*

[@lilmango9228]

@@Michael-di7bg lmao

[@aarisandhii]

@Soldier LOL r/wooooooosh

[@Simplehistory]

A secret meeting in London, 1915 brought the Italian Army into the war.

[@sojg8e820]

Simple History Awesome video!! You deserve 1 million subscribers!

[@ramenweaver2782]

Simple History this is so awesome I love learning about wwi

[@american27]

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[@jewrican7034]

Simple History is it ok if you add a little bit more of history, because the video ends fast. Is it ok to do like 3:00-4:00 minutes videos. Just asking. I love your content

[@jewrican7034]

Simple History I do love your videos tho

[@CortoMalteaser]

My great grandfather was in the Italian army.

[@CortoMalteaser]

He was in the 6th battle of the isonzo at gorizia

[@jacksonjosephjproductions9812]

Nice. I dont blame Italians for fighting with the Germans in ww2. Mussolini was a prick.

[@CortoMalteaser]

JacksonJosephJ Productions Yes, even my great grandpa, Ugo piomelli, thought so. He had his radio taken from him for listening to British radio propaganda.

[@fedfra7928]

un mio bisnonno ha combattuto ad Asiago. onore ai nostri antenati.

[@is3t]

FedFra io abito vicino ad Asiago

[@argurueg]

by far my most favorite faction in BF1.

[@lovablesnowman]

Eugene Gaspar It's because of the capes isn't it?

[@VetAnimalGuy]

Eugene Gaspar The Germans have the coolest uniforms though. Just looking at the sleeve while holding a gun... oh man.

[@Mobius__]

Veggie Militia Capes are superior.

[@VetAnimalGuy]

Christian Pineda I'm not arguing with that lol!

[@wintermanthenforcer]

O la vittoria! O tutti accoppati!

[@blindvi4849]

"Il Piave mormorava, calmo e placido al passaggio, dei primi fanti il 24 Maggio.." RIP Italian soldiers

[@lorenzonotarianni1667]

I served as a conscript for my military service in 1984. I served in heavy field artillery 132 Rovereto Aries division. Proud of my service to my fatherland.

[@mousta2612]

Luigi Cadorna was a noble that hated meeting his soldiers because they were poor and ignorant. He was an elitarist guy. Armando Diaz tried to make his men feel good and happy about themselves improving their conditions and motivating them.

[@mrcleanit4760]

The Italian army just looks so cool to me

[@ilerioluwakiishifamadewa2740]

laughs in Italian tachanka

[@nemicofitid3617]

We have nice uniforms and used the first smg in combat and have beretta and still get made fun of

[@fv7281]

@@bigmoniesponge we fought alone vs austria-ungheria in ww1

[@nemicofitid3617]

@@Sultannvr it is still debated but for the first pistol caliber machine gun the villar perosa takes the first place which then will be adapted to the MAB 1918 it is true tho that the villar perosa was used like a support light machine gun

[@nemicofitid3617]

@@Sultannvr you are welcome

[@lenaoxton3999]

AVANTI SAVOIA!

[@FilthyPeasant6]

Ahead of Savoia

[@thebackstabber7858]

Yes battlefield1

[@undeadjohnmarston4661]

@MOZZA Bruh,Matteo is his Brother not friend.

[@undeadjohnmarston4661]

Its ok lol

[@undeadjohnmarston4661]

I always say Matteo his closed friend.After read the fandom,he actually the Matteo brother.He treat his sibling like he protecting the gems he loved.The only Gem u protect is your family,friend and someone closed to you.

[@lukeruffolo641]

Thanks for finally making the video on the Italian army! Love your channel!

[@ragnarokkr977]

You forgot to mention that the Italians were tricked and don't get all the land they had wanted and had agreed to get (eastern Adriatic,Dalmatia and Austrian littoral) for helping

[@raffaelesantoro4706]

Ragnarokkr9 that is Not true

[@Santucho999]

Vittoria mutilata

[@christophersalinas2722]

Roland Hans the first message is.

[@hagamapama]

Italians make a great deal of that bargain but the fact of the matter is that it was predicated on the Italians HELPING in the war. Operative word "helping." Not sure how any honest of history could look at the Italian effort in WWI and admit that it exactly qualifies. I mean sure, they killed a lot of their own people with stupid offensives into the mountains, but in what universe is losing repeatedly and embarrassingly against a nation that Russian divisions with only 1 rifle for every 3 men could soundly whip without assistance, "helping?" Italy was more trouble than it was worth in the war. It took diverting British and French divisions desperately needed to face the German buildup on the Western Front going down to Italy, a nation with an army 3 times Austria's by numbers, in order to get the Italian force to stop DESERTING ITS OWN TERRITORY IN THE FACE OF THE ENEMY. Bottom line, the Italian front was literally more trouble than it was worth and more of a drain on Allied resources than any other front but the West in the entire war..

[@garn3590]

man there were 3 french division, 2 british and 1 american, with more than 45 italian divisions, we sent 2 divisions to help at the central theater, they were not in any way consequential, most of the resources were from our own pocket and when it really mattered (piave) after caporetto, there were no non-italian division because the central command thought we would fall, we stood alone at the Piave and stopped both the austrian army and the german division they sent to help them, stop being an idiot

[@Rickusty]

the most important historical thing is missing: Austria-Hungary had a SIGNED pact with Italy that specified that they HAD to inform their italian allies for ANY war actions or preparation for war with any enemies. What did the Austrian did in 1914? They declared war on Serbia without informing Italy. Thus betraying the Alliance, and not complying with what they signed. Italy then, outraged and LEGALLY, destroyed the pact and went to war with them. And won.

[@raffaeleirlanda6966]

Rickusty And also us italian as long as Austria conducted offensive war against Serbia and not defensive (being invaded first by someone else) then as long the war Austria declared was not under alliance rules, we asked them as reward the cities of Trieste, Trento and Gorizia to enter war their side. But Austria refused and English offered more, that's just why we entered war to figth Austria.

[@walter4369]

L’Italia aveva fatto un patto secreto con la Francia

[@generalgrievous9987]

And felt betrayed by the allies after the war

[@jaku1622]

Actually it were western allies who won ww1 ;)

[@maskr5520]

@James Dillingham on the mountains front the italian have not win a lot of battles (except vittorio-venetto) and suffered a heavy lose at caporetto

[@BigEddieGaming]

O il Piave o tutti accoppati!

[@polak.7144]

Big Eddie Gaming rivogliamo Fiume

[@dr.strangelove1601]

Se non era per me ce la buttavano anculo malamente

[@davidegioielli1097]

We Armando come va?

[@kthonoth1029]

O la vittoria*

[@antaridae]

Kthonoth quello è il motto degli arditi, quello del “o piave o tutti accoppati” era dei fanti normali, guarda il film “la grande guerra” su un muro vicino al Piave vi è scritto...

[@giustinosuarez8711]

My great grandfather was born in Potenza in 1898 and was sent to fight the Austrians in the alps when he was 19. It’s weird that now, exactly a century later, I’m as old as he was when he was drafted but my life is so different for the better than his was at my age partially because of his sacrifice. R.I.P. Michele Difino 1898-1981

[@occhiodisauron25]

if he was called difino, why are you called laucella?

[@marcobelli6856]

@@occhiodisauron25because maybe it’s from his Mother Side and he has the surname of his father

[@ronbonora7872]

My grandfather fought in the mountains of the Monte Grappa and surrounding areas. He was born in 1887 and passed on in 1976. He was decorated after the first world war. His name was Francisco Bonora. My mom's dad Antonio Pellizzari also founght in the first world war in the Alps. His name was Antonio Pellizzari,

[@pietrosal9629]

The brother of my great grandfather was part of the "Bersaglieri" , unfortunately he died during war but i'll never forgot him for his Service 🇮🇹🇮🇹❤

[@mattiamancuso7488]

My great grandfather fought in ww1 in Venice for Italy and in Africa in ww2 surviving both

[@muglinzz]

Only just found this channel, love the way you put out information in perfect bite size videos. Thanks

[@Nick-nm7us]

One of my great great... grandpas servered for italy in ww1

[@marcot.rosestolato3511]

Nick The Shiba he was a hero

[@elrostarminyatur1814]

0:05 the conscription in Italy was introduced since 1862, in 1908 the service was reformed and reduced to 2 years from 3.

[@bravefighters9915]

Cadorna was a true criminal against his soldier, a shame man! Armando Diaz was a great commander instead, and he made us win the war🥇

[@angelushungaricus]

Italy finished on the winning side because received a lot of reinforcement from western allies. Even western allies helped to reorganise the army.

[@ivanf.482]

Già. Cadorna era un cretino

[@marcobelli6856]

@@angelushungaricusitalian Front official data: Italy 1915 - up to 58 divisions United Kingdom 1917 - 3 divisions France 1918 - 2 divisions Czechoslovak Legion 1918 - 5 regiments Romanian Legion 1918 - 3 regiments United States 1918 - 1 regiment

[@marcobelli6856]

Austria-Hungary 1915 - up to 61 divisions German Empire 1917 - 5 divisions

[@patrickms3171]

We need videos on other participants like Romania, Bulgaria, Greece, Portugal, etc! Thanks for your amazing work.

[@dominicsmith6469]

These are amazing. Please keep making them. Make as many as you can.

[@dion8306]

We forgive the Italians, we know that they did not want to fight us, they were forced due to that psychopath Mussolini.. Love from Greece🇬🇷

[@markored994]

You weren’t the enemy... there were other countries to fight..

[@epistimonkapetanios]

Και εγώ είμαι Έλληνας

[@Phoenix-Believer9668]

I love greece and italy

[@thriller4630]

This video is talking about WWI

[@epistimonkapetanios]

@@thriller4630 Nice tis.

[@MarcoCKNBalls]

Such frequent uploads I love that

[@ulyssesgrant4324]

Your channel deserves more subs and Awesome video I love history

[@SentinelEquinox]

Awesome video man keep up the great work! In the next vid could you please do the Canadian army during WW1?

[@dodofari6510]

Great video, but you have not mentioned the resistence on the Piave River, you should talk of this Battle in a video, it's really interesting.

[@historyofitaly4364]

4 november 1918! 💪🏻🇮🇹❤️

[@Dabadi4834]

I'm proud of this channel it has really good videos!

[@mightymagyar9822]

Really loving the videos can you do a really detailed video about the treaty of Trianon please. Thanks.

[@TR-yv7kr]

This was an amazing video!

[@Simplehistory]

Thanks

[@troopergio]

THANK YOU THIS MADE MY WEEK

[@Ok-nv6nt]

You make such good videos please do not stop

[@trenchfighter8778]

nice work m8 love the simple Caecano rifle designs

[@CosmoShidan]

My great grandfather served in the Italian army and was among the wounded.

[@Sjursrest]

Nice video, greetings for Italy! Il Piave mormorò, non passa lo straniero! Indietreggiò il nemico fino a Trieste, fino a Trento, e la vittoria sciolse le ali al vento!

[@robertogarcia6540]

Nice video it was awsome you deserve more subscribers!

[@PieDoesRoblox]

You guys deserve a lot more subs.

[@RegioLegio23]

The italian are wonderful soldier but they have bad leader

[@delta2372]

Michele Lorandi french are the same way, good soldiers bad commanders

[@mnvcjhgfckjh]

Michele Lorandi it's true. Luigi Cadorna was an embarrassment to the Italian army. Once General Diaz took his place, he avenged the fallen soldiers of Caporetto. Dio benedica Armando Diaz.

[@RegioLegio23]

Dio benedica l'Italia

[@Camden-bn7eh]

RegioLegio 23 that was true

[@valerioparodi3609]

RegioLegio 23 basta pensare a quell'incompetente di badoglio

[@adyingchannel925]

0:22 didn't know Luigi would participate in the Italian army as a general

[@-dabomb-5595]

Simple history man you are a very good source for history

[@frankborr3395]

Nice video! Can you make a video about the four days of Naples?

[@reconwarroirthetrue1685]

AWEEESOME JOB KEEP IT UP!!!

[@Simplehistory]

Thanks!

[@pilchiaeriopetta3375]

it's pronunced "Vèneto" not "Venèto" :D

[@Pietro-Smusi]

in inglese si pronuncia venèto

[@michelefranco5797]

minchia un calabrese su KZbin mai pensato di vedere qualcosa di simile 😂

[@HYDRA-wb7tg]

è straniero cazzo

[@superandreanintendo]

Calabrian Mapping peggio dei piacentini

[@aledordo6309]

AGNUS ?

[@yourebigmad]

Love your vids just subbed

[@evanb4466]

You guys have gained many subs in such a quick time. Not long ago you had 1000 subs

[@slavicvasenin6685]

After betrayal from entente's side, Italians felt that bloodspill at Isonzo was total waste.

[@darthrevan3315]

My great grandpa was deployed in the mountains and they were running low on water so they drank their own piss,True story

[@youareveryannoying9179]

Interesting

[@chrisschmidt249]

I love your channel!

[@xwinghax]

I know it has nothing to do with the world wars but please do it. I subscribed and I swear on my life that I have liked all of your videos

[@giogio173]

Fun fuct: at verdun the reggiment that hold the most was the italian

[@beck927]

For real? Can i have the source? I’m really interested since I’m Italian

[@pitertauer3168]

Hai qualche link?

[@user-fu3qs6kj8j]

awesome video! I Subscribed

[@Simplehistory]

Thanks, check out our other faction videos

[@user-fu3qs6kj8j]

My request and question do you know the second Dino Japanese war it is basically ww2 but the war started in 1937 to 1945 the sino are the Chinese vs the Japanese and the first sino Japanese war is in 1894 to 1895. Answer back if you know or do not know

[@theskylarkvods4846]

Simple History I saw your infantry weapons of WWl and I immediately subbed because of the animation

[@user-fu3qs6kj8j]

can you do Japan plz

[@lilbit2224]

i love these vids

[@wolfaire9328]

yes can talk about the Arditi please and they armored body. thank you

[@albertcontreras2965]

I think your vids are awesome, I majored in history and I'm learning a bunch of new things watching your channel. I am interested in some particular groups from WW2. One is the French Foreign Legion and the other is the French Resistance. Do you have vids on them, or in the making about them?

[@Simplehistory]

+Albert Contreras they are in production 😃

[@albertcontreras2965]

Simple History, GREAT!!! I look forward to seeing them.

[@albertobellini98]

Ok Albert

[@autcaesarautnihil4951]

What about Arditi?

[@nemicofitid3617]

they were our special units we used them for raids attack objectives and cut barbed wire to make the way to attacks and to not make offensive stops by trench warfare

[@thecounterparta2402]

you know what i love... the caproni ca. 5 its just pretty. its... its divine

[@gabrielegonella8180]

Love the channel, but won't you talk about how the allies cheated Italy in the treaty of Versailles, and Italy got nothing that they were promised and even lost land?

[@BOOMProductionsOfficial]

The Italians got South Tyrol and Trieste from Austria-Hungary.

[@davidegaribaldi1503]

Times Animated Studios yeah but the Italian government was also promised to have the territories of the ex-republic of Venice ( mostly consisting in Dalmazia and various island in the adriatic sea and colonies in Grece.

[@andreabasile9574]

Gabriele Gonella That's why fascism took over Italy,everyone hated French,brits and americans in those times in Italy.

[@alessandromalfa3919]

was also the Dalmatia, you've never heard of "Victory Mutilated"cit.Gabriele D'Annunzio

[@lorenzomanzoni1478]

Oberpfälzer they were help lmao

[@gianlucadodi7230]

My great grandfather was ''Alpino'' and my grandfather was a partisan

[@ariesinthespace6857]

PaganMinKEO Far Cry 4 you are half good and half shit😂

[@mousta2612]

You've got to be proud of both!

[@amberanubis8336]

@Italian Soldier partisans were civilians who went to the forest and fought profesional german and italian armies causing them a lot of casaulties. They were only real army beside british and russian forces who fought in occupied europe and they manage to liberate yugoslavia by themself. I dont know if useless coward means something else in your country cause they were definetly braver than german and italians who rather than fight began to exterminate civilian population

[@theuglyreiver246]

@@ariesinthespace6857 vergognati

[@amberanubis8336]

@Tommaso Santinelli i dont understand italian

[@cadenlee5133]

Simple history can you make a video on the Canadian army???

[@mateosou6610]

My maternal great grand-father fought for the Italian army in WW1 and later emigrated to Argentina and here I am

[@requiemaeternam3406]

The deads were more than 630.000 and over 1.5 million wounded by the Italian War Archives dated 1919

[@ScateboyIvo]

Could you do the Bulgarian army next? We were quite important to the Central Powers.

[@autobot-jedi-iron-man3166]

I'm 1/4 Italian, and my great Grandfather fought for Italy(Or America) in WW1, he was poisoned by mustard gas, but it didn't kill him until he was about 50.

[@Taschip]

Awe:(

[@jinglejangle3287]

I'm proud of my army

[@rokivulvovic2578]

Mario Bravi everyone italian should be

[@owenlindkvist5355]

What army?

[@kovkns5780]

Side to side

[@fristnamelastname5549]

I am guessing your Italian?

[@jinglejangle3287]

@@owenlindkvist5355 you fucking ignorant

[@iguerrieriatomici7684]

Hello simple history im Antonio. I' m your biggest fan and i was wondering if you could make a video of Francesco Baracca ace of aireplane in italian army in the ww1. Thank. you

[@ronbonora7872]

Yes I agree. The prancing horse or the emblem of Ferrari was on his plane when it fell in the Montello di Montebelluna in Treviso, Veneto!

[@trademark3468]

Oddio ma sono sotto un video inglese...forza Italia!

[@the_bane_of_all_anti_furry]

non avere paura compagno non sei da solo qui in questo mare di inglesi

[@TempestFugit2]

Mario during war: LUIGI GET THE ARMY READY. MAMA MIA THATS A SPICY DEFEATA

[@TempestFugit2]

Im autistic

[@saadsaad-oy4fn]

nice video

[@danielwoods3896]

you worded the Vittorio offensive a little weird. finally? it was a decisive victory for the Italians! and like everyone else you don't mention Piave.

[@moemilitaryfan6667]

talk about the artidi

[@Simplehistory]

There is a video coming up next with them in it

[@ColVedo]

Cameron Volcano arditi

[@cloroxbleach3807]

poor grammar

[@loods2215]

@@Simplehistory mmm

[@OC-hq9hz]

@@Simplehistory can you send me a link?

[@farmeralex3872]

Some good history bro

[@aciddream2866]

My great grandfather fought for Cadorna, he died in 1913.i still have the hat and a piece of the uniform.

[@Nyx-kb7ze]

HAPPY 4TH OF NOVEMBER ITALY 🇮🇹🇮🇹

[@tuckm1103]

What about the arditi?

[@nukacola5672]

Obi-Wan Kenobi what about the droid attack on the Wookies?

[@linoc1019]

Obi-Wan Kenobi *well hello there*

[@matthewtrudeau5534]

Love this video. Can you do Canada by any chance?

[@Assassino275]

Matthew Trudeau PJ?

[@WingBlaster]

I really like this series and Im going to get your book for Christmas but I was wondering can you do the Russian army?

[@willdavey2237]

It would be good if you could do Serbia or Bulgaria, please?

[@Simplehistory]

Will Davey we have recorded the script for serbia because of the high demand on here 😀

[@nadefour4952]

when he said Luigi i saw him going over the top with a rifle

[@punishedvenomsnake716]

Did anyone else notice that when they were talking about the casualties and deaths at 1:55, they used the "cha-ching" sound effect from Battlefield 1 when you kill someone? lmao

[@LeBeauYT]

Do you your own art cause these are great!

[@Simplehistory]

Yes

[@antyrabbytmeow5021]

Simple History will you do romanian army next?

[@LeBeauYT]

Simple History If you don't mind me asking, what programs do you use to create these?

[@corruptedwolf1344]

The factions of Bulgaria and Romania would be a great part of the factions considering their height involvement in the great war

[@matteoborry244]

Italy ToP❤️🇮🇹

[@naecov]

Please do Canada next!

[@prettydank1786]

fun fact in world war two the Italian army had some very special positions, they could loose to the British in North Africa, loose to the French in the Alps, or step it up a notch and loose to the Ethiopians in Ethiopia.

[@autcaesarautnihil4951]

Bullshit, these are bullshit. You're an ignorant moron.

[@giovannidallarosa7800]

My great grandfather survived. His brother not. He was never found. Probably He was captured by the Austro-Hungarians during the defeat of Caporetto and he probably died in Austria. He was only 27

[@AQtheUnboxer]

Damn looks like from battlefield 1 especially the guy with the cape...

[@assassin1234ist]

EmperorPangulo I think they based it off of it, look at the day it was published and if you look at the other armies they're all similar.

[@lachied2126]

that BF1 head shot ding at 1:56

[@valentijnnotenbaert6817]

can you do factions: The Belgain army,

[@IngenieurREtard]

Cadorna is often defined as a butcher in here...even though he has squares dedicated to him, I think that man deserves only to be remembered as one of the disgraces of Italy

[@gothic3theageofwar565]

I agree, I am Italian and surely he was a disgrace for our army. Fortunately he was replaced by the great wise and strategic Armando Diaz (a great man from Naples, also the city were I was born). We won and destroyed the Austro-Hungarian Empire in less than a year. Quite an epic and tragic story :(

[@maotsetungzedong]

my country🇮🇹💪❤

[@datguy8006]

Lemme finish that sentence for you: sucks at war

[@Cormac131]

@@datguy8006 Rome ?

[@matteobrandi7541]

@@datguy8006 and you suck at history idiot.

[@NoName-hg6cc]

@@datguy8006 You are confused, he said he is Italian, not French, English or 'Murican

[@Ellanvannin03]

Despite me knowing a lot about history I still like to watch this

[@albertobiasi2137]

the casualities were 650.000, not 420.000

[@victorjin2361]

Can you do the Japanese army ww1 plz!!!

[@teddyn240]

Victor Jin I have been asking that for so long now.

[@morenoortu9569]

Japan suck

[@TheWolverine01]

@@morenoortu9569 U suck

[@laventor2479]

You should have had mentioned the Ortler- and Dolomitenfront. Were Tirolian militias held off the Italian elite Alpini forces, also the only frontline were more people died because of the weather then through the actual fight.

[@sashiaivanow367]

Finally!

[@Jrlomay]

Avanti Savoia!-battlefeild 1

[@billydakicka1398]

I wonder what would've happened if Italy stayed with the central powers and attacked France instead. Maybe Nice, Corsica, and Savoy would all be back in rightful Italian hands.

[@maskr5520]

@BlackDeathViral03 france would kick the dirty butt of the poor italian army who was never prepared organized and modern armies like france and uk

[@maskr5520]

@BlackDeathViral03 the italians not helped a lot the allies in ww1 they just won their seat on the winners table

[@roms4154]

billy dakicka it's exactly what the italian did in 1940 and they were smashed by the french !

[@lambro86milano27]

@ Rom’s ... smashed by France? In 1940 the war among Italy and France was a 12 days skirmish, and the result was a stalemate.

[@davidfreeman3083]

Y would you think an Italian attack on France back in 1914 would do even more than what they did in 1940? (Which was practically, nothing)