Italy and Post-Habsburg Central Europe

I n the autumn of 1918, after four years of the greatest conflict in the history of man- kind up till that point, the armies of Entente and its allies fought to a definitive victory against the Central Powers. However, the ensuing period of stability did not come immediately to East-Central Europe, where the aftermath of the First World War lasted much longer than in the Western countries. The end of the war, the Paris Peace Conference (1919) and the reconstruction of the East-Central European region were some of the most important political, diplomatic and military milestones of the 20 th century. 1 Creating successor states opened the question of drawing new borders, leading to new disputes among countries.