Italy invades Ethiopia
October 3, 1935
To avenge an 1896 humiliation and build his African empire, Mussolini sent four hundred thousand troops, tanks, and mustard gas into the mountain kingdom of Haile Selassie. The Ethiopians fought with old rifles and spears. The League of Nations imposed half-hearted sanctions and watched. The post-war order revealed itself to be paper.
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