章 111: Italian Treachery

While Bruno was conducting a joint military exercise with the Austro-Hungarian Empire within the alps. There was another party which was invited to the event but remained neutral to it. Despite officially signing to a defensive alliance between the Kingdom of Italy, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and the German Reich. King Emanuel III of Italy felt as if German buildup of fortifications on their western border with France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Denmark was an act of unnecessary provocation. 

Considering the fact that they had also begun to join military exercises with Austria-Hungary, it was as if the German Kaiser was telling the world that war was on the horizon, and they would be prepared for any such conflict.