During World War I Italy , like France , did not wish to bomb centres of civilian population behind enemy lines .
Many of the obvious targets had a high number of Italy residents or were in territories Italy had plans to annexe after the war .
During World War I Italy , like France , did not wish to bomb centres of civilian population behind enemy lines , because many of the obvious targets had a high number of Italian residents or were in territories Italy had plans to annexe after the war .