The Free State of Fiume (pronounced [ˈfjuːme]) was an independent free state that existed from 1920 to 1924. Its territory of 28 km 2 (6,900 acres) comprised the city of Fiume (today Rijeka, Croatia) and …

Apr 5, 2022 · While there were indeed riots, and French troops were indeed massacred, the heart of the story was the conflicting claims of the relatively new country of Italy (1861) and the even newer …

Our story about the Free State of Fiume starts not on the Adriatic but in a Mediterranean seaside resort. By November, the very last of the summer warmth has faded in Rapallo.

Although the secret Treaty of London (April 26, 1915) had assigned Fiume to Yugoslavia, the Italians claimed it at the Paris Peace Conference on the principle of self-determination.

The Fiume Crisis recasts what we know about the birth of fascism, the rise of nationalism, and the fall of empire after World War I by telling the story of the three-year period when the Adriatic city of Fiume …

The Free State of Fiume was significant as a symbol of national self-determination, having been declared independent in 1920 following World War I.

The Free State of Fiume (pronounced [ˈfjuːme]) was an independent free state that existed between 1920 and 1924. Its territory of 28 km2 (11 sq mi) comprised the city of Fiume (today Rijeka, Croatia) …

The Free State of Fiume (pronounced [ˈfjuːme]) was an independent free state that existed from 1920 to 1924. Its territory of 28 km2 (6,900 acres) comprised the city of Fiume (today Rijeka, Croatia) and …

Fiume gained autonomy for the first time in 1719 when it was proclaimed a free port of the Holy Roman Empire in a decree issued by the Emperor Charles VI. In 1776, during the reign of the Empress …

The book is really about life in the wake of the Habsburg Empire using the Fiume crisis as a vehicle to telling it, and for those of you who don't know where Fiume Rijeka is, it's here right here.