Modern Era · Africa · War

1935

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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Before and after in Africa

Before: 1930: Ras Tafari crowned Haile Selassie
After: May 9, 1936: Italian East Africa proclaimed

Before and after in War

Before: October 1934: Mao begins the Long March
After: July 17, 1936: Spanish Civil War begins

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