Tyrol

This article is about the Tyrol, the region in the eastern Alps. For other meanings, see Tyrol (disambiguation).

World War I and its aftermath

In the final days of World War I, the already disintegrating Austrian-Hungarian troops were defeated in the Battle of Vittorio Veneto on October 29, 1918. Even though the subsequent armstice signed on November 3 was not to enter into force until November 4, the Austrian command ordered its troops to cease hostilities one day too early. This not only allowed Italian troops to take 356,000 soldiers of the Austrian army as prisoners, but also to overrun the Austrian positions and occupy Tyrol, including the northern part. The Treaty of Saint-Germain then ruled that southern part of the Tyrol had to be ceded to Italy, according to London Pact. The region included not only the largely Italian speaking area today known as Trentino (then often called Welschtirol in German), but also the territory now known as South Tyrol, although it harbored only a 3%-minority of Italians.

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World War I - Battle of Vittorio Veneto - October 29 - 1918 - November 3 - November 4 - Treaty of Saint-Germain - London Pact - Italian - Trentino - German

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The northern part, consisting of the geographically separate regions of Northern Tyrol and Eastern Tyrol, is today one of nine federal states of the Federal Republic of Austria called Tyrol (consisting of North Tyrol and East Tyrol).

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Federal states - Federal Republic of Austria - Tyrol

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