Invasion of Abyssinia
Category: Иное
Обновлено: 12 ноя 2017
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Created byWakana Moriguchi
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emperor of Abyssinia (Emperor Haile Selassie)
requests for investigationWAL WAL INCIDENTLeague resolved that neither side was responsibleOctober 3~6
full scale invasion capturing Adowa[Hoare-Laval Pact]
British and French ministers wrote up secret pactpolitical reasons
- consolidate Mussolini's personality cult, and rally support for regime
- easy victory for country since Abyssinia was not modernized
- revenge for defeat in 1896
economic reasons
- divert attention from failing corporate state and impact of depression
- territory for emigration and market for export goods
- maybe find oiltook the capital Addis AbbaTreaty of Friendship in 1928, but planned to invade country from 1932Mussolini didn't like the idea of League of Nations interveningSome
event
happened
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