A group of military officers and civilians, with one officer in the foreground shouting or speaking passionately, while others smile and look on. The scene appears to be from a historical event, possibly in the early to mid-20th century.

The Fiume Crisis

Following the First World War, the Adriatic port city of Fiume became the focus of competing territorial claims by Italy and the newly formed Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes.

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