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{{Infobox Former Country
|native_name = ''Regno d'Italia''
|conventional_long_name = Kingdom of Italy
|common_name = Italy
|continent = Europe
|region    = Italy
|country   = Italy
|year_start  = 1861
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In 1870, Prussia went to war with France starting the [[Franco-Prussian War]]. To keep the large Prussian army at bay, France abandoned its positions in Rome - which protected the remnants of the Papal States and Pius IX - in order to fight the Prussians. Italy benefited from Prussia's victory against France by being able to take over the Papal States from French authority. Rome was captured by the kingdom of Italy after several battles and guerilla-like warfare by [[Zouave#Papal
_  Zouaves|Papal Zouaves]] and official troops of the Holy See against the Italian invaders. Italian unification was completed, and shortly afterward Italy's capital was moved to Rome. Economic conditions in the united Italy were poor:<ref>(Smith (1997), pp95–96)</ref>, there were no industry or transportation facilities, extreme poverty (especially in the [[Mezzogiorno]]), high illiteracy, and only a small percent of wealthy Italians had the right to vote. The unification movement had largely been dependent on the support of foreign powers and remained so afterwards.

Following the capture of Rome in 1870 from French forces of [[Napoleon III of France|Napoleon III]], Papal troops and [[Zouave#Papal_  Zouaves|Zouaves]], relations between Italy and the [[Holy See|Vatican]] remained sour for the next sixty years with the [[Pope]]s declaring themselves to be [[prisoner in the Vatican|prisoners in the Vatican]]. The Catholic Church frequently protested the actions of the secular and anticlerical-influenced Italian governments, refused to meet with envoys from the King and urged Catholics not to vote in Italian elections.<ref>(Smith (1997), p91)</ref> It would not be until [[1929]], that positive (contracted; show full)su.edu/library/collection/LimitsinSeas/IBS010.pdf IBS No. 10 - Libya (LY) & Sudan (SU) 1961<!--Bot-generated title-->]</ref> In 1934, once again the Italian government requested more territory for Libya from British-held [[Sudan]]. Britain allowed Italy to gain some territory from Sudan to add to Libya.[http://www.law.fsu.edu/library/collection/LimitsinSeas/IBS010.pdf] These concessions were probably allowed because of the relatively good relations between Italy and Britain prior to 1935.


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In 1935, Mussolini believed that the time was right for Italy to invade [[Ethiopian Empire|Ethiopia]] (a.k.a. Abyssinia) to make it a colony. As a result, the [[Second Italo-Abyssinian War]]) erupted. Italy invaded Ethiopia from the Italian colonies of [[Eritrea]] and [[Italian Somaliland]].  Italy committed atrocities against Ethiopians during the war, including the use of aircraft to drop [[poison gas]] on the defending Ethiopian soldiers. Ethiopia surrendered in 1936, completing Italy's revenge for(contracted; show full)[[pt:Reino de Itália]]
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[[ru:Королевство Италия (1861—1946)]]
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[[th:ราชอาณาจักรอิตาลี]]
[[vec:Reino d'Itałia (1861-1946)]]
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