It had been close to a year since the Great War Broke out, or at least well over three-fourths of the way there. And in this time the Allies had not gained a single victory, whether on land, at sea, or in the air. They were thoroughly trounced with each and every attempt to fight the Central Powers.
One might say that if they continued any longer, their populations would lose the will to fight and riot at the end of the war. It was perhaps because of this that the Italians who had little to gain from joining this conflict to begin with were in a particularly anxious state.
Over the course of the last year they had pushed into the Alps in an attempt to break through into South Tyrol, lands rightfully ruled by the Habsburg Dynasty as given to them by God. Now, however, the Italians sought to claim these lands, and in doing so were recklessly sending men into the slaughter.
