In 1915, Italy secretly signed the Pact of London with Britain, France and Russia which would put them on the side of the allies in World War I.

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At the end of World War I the victorious Allies thought they had dealt decisively with German military power.

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The country was born out of struggle - the struggle to maintain some kind of territorial integrity at the end of World War I as the Allies decided to carve up Anatolia and walk away with it themselves.

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In 1919, the end of World War I was marked by the signing of the Treaty of Versailles between Germany and the allies.

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