Why Did Mussolini Invade Corfu? | Fascism’s First Strike Explained

Why did Italy attack Greece in 1923? The Corfu Crisis was Fascist Italy’s first act of aggression, pitting the newly-installed Italian leader, Benito Mussolini, against the League of Nations. Fascist Italy used the assasination of an Italian general along the Greek-Albanian border as a pretext to issue a series of harsh demands, and then bombarded and occupied the Greek island of Corfu on Athens' refusal. In response, Greece called on the League of Nations, expecting it to protect a small country from an attacking Great Power. But Italy's peers in the League, Britain and France, both found reasons not to support the Greeks. So, why did the world fail to stand up to Fascism's war-like debut? Find out the history of the Corfu Crisis in this video. Subscribe for more history: https://www.youtube.com/c/LookBackHis... More Videos: How Did France Colonize Syria?:    • How Did France Colonize Syria? | From Arab...   Why Did Italy Take Rhodes?:    • Why Did Italy Take Rhodes? | Italian Colon...   Why Did Italy Colonize Albania?:    • Why Did Italy Colonize Albania? | Italy's ...   How Did Mussolini Take Over Italy?:    • Why Did Italy Become Fascist? | The Rise o...   Why Did Bavaria Join the German Empire?:    • Why Did Bavaria Agree to Join the German E...   How Did Japan Win the Russo-Japanese War?:    • Why Did Japan Win the Russo-Japanese War? ...   Sources Consulted: Gooch, John. Mussolini and his Generals: the Armed Forces and Fascist Foreign Policy, 1922-1940. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007. Jelavich, Charles, and Barbara Jelavich. The Establishment of the Balkan National States, 1804-1920. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1977. http://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctvcwnq62. Miller, Stuart T. Mastering Modern European History. London: Macmillan Education LTD, 1990. Pauley, Bruce. Hitler, Stalin and Mussolini: Totalitarianism in the 20th Century. 4th ed. Oxford: John Wiley & Sons Inc., 2015.