Download or read book Disaster Ending in Final Victory written by Gaetano V. Cavallaro and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2010-02-22 with total page 701 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Beginning of Futility and Futility ending in Disaster discussed Italys joining the allies and going on the offensive against Austria-Hungary. With Berlins assistance deep penetrations were made into Italian territory resulting in allied troops coming to Italys assistance while secret negotiations for a separate peace with Vienna between U.S. President Wilson and Englands Prime Minister Lloyd George failed. A repeat Habsburg offensive was halted followed by the issuance of the Manifesto which would place the empires ethnics as independent nations under the Habsburg crown a move which led to the disintegration of the Habsburg Army and Empire.