The History Guy
The History Guy
Lance and Josh Geiger
Counterfactuals: Italy and WWI
1 hour 8 minutes Posted Nov 3, 2026 at 2:00 pm.
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Welcome to the History Guy Podcast: Counterfactuals. What is a counterfactual? At it’s most basic, it is a ‘what if’. It’s a way of understanding history as it is by discussing what it could have been.

On today’s episode, we talk about one of the lesser-known but possibly pivotal moments of the First World War: When Italy finally decided to enter on the side of the Entente. When, how, and on which side Italy entered the war was far from certain in 1914–what might have happened if Italy chose differently?