after wwi, by the treaty of london, italy obtained zara and some northern dalmatian islands (cherso and lussino). during wwii the kingdom of italy annexed, to the newly created "governatorato di dalmazia", most of dalmatia. in 1942 there were 4020 italians in these newly annexed areas: 2220 in spalato (split), 300 in sebenico (sibenik), 500 cattaro (kotor) and 1000 veglia (krk). furthermore there were in the governatorato 10000 italians who took the yugoslav citizenship after wwi, in order to remain there and be accepted without problems by the new yugoslavian regime after the fall of the austro-hungarian empire.