 Zvisinei, pfungwa dzevanhu veItaly dzakaramba dzisina kufara pamusoro pekubatana kwenyika yavo neAustria-Hungary, yaimbova muvengi wekubatanidzwa kweItaly uye ine matunhu ane vanhu veItaly muTrentino neIstria vaionekwa senzvimbo dzakagarwa neItaly irredentists. Makore akawanda Hondo Yenyika I isati yatanga, nyanzvi dzezvemauto dzaifunga kuti Italy yaizorwisa nyika yaifunga kuti yaizova shamwari yayo kana hondo yacho ikaitika. Kunamatira kweItaly kuTriple Alliance kwakanga kusisina chokwadi, uye kubva muna 1903 zvirongwa zvehondo ingangoitika kurwisana neRoma zvakaramba zvichirongwa neAustria-Hungary General Staff. Kusavimbana kwakatungamirira kukusimbiswa kwemuganhu uye kufungidzira mumapepanhau pamusoro pehondo pakati penyika mbiri kupinda mumakore gumi okutanga ezana ramakore rechi 20. Pakupedzisira muna 1911, Count Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf, mukuru mukuru weAustria-Hungary General Staff, akanga achitsigira kurwisa kwokutanga kurwisa Austria yainzi mubatanidzwa weItaly. Kufanotaura ikoko kwakasimbiswa nokupinda kweItaly uye kubatanidzayeLibya, ichiipinza mukukakavadzana neUmambo hweOttoman hunotsigirwa neGermany. 