ocr: Verdun Help Index Places Exit Back At the outbreak of hostilities, Italy, which had been linked to Germany and Austria in the Triple Alliance since 1882, declared its neutrality on the basis of the clause, not respected by Austria, that required prior agreement among the allies before a declaration of war. The Italian government offered to maintain its neutrality in exchange Bookmark for Austria's peaceful restitution of its territories that were still in Austrian hands, but, when met with a blunt refusal, signed the Secret Treaty of London with the Entente powers on April 26, 1915, and on May ...
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