The assassination of General Enrico Tellini in August 1923 and the subsequent Corfu incident formed a pivotal moment in early interwar diplomacy, exposing both the aggressive ambitions of Fascist Italy and the systemic weaknesses of the League of Nations. The assassination occurred during the work of a diplomatic commission convened to determine the Greek–Albanian frontier, part of the post-war territorial realignment overseen by the Lausanne Conference. Many analysts later viewed the Corfu episode as an early manifestation of the fascist challenge to the Versailles–Lausanne order and a precursor to the wider destabilization of the 1930s.
Author: February 19, 2026
Published at: 2026-02-19 00:00:00
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