EVENT INFORMATION

3
Oktober
1935

Italy invades Ethiopia, defying the League of Nations

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📅 3 Oktober 1935 📍 Ethiopië, Italië

Italian forces crossed into Ethiopia from Eritrea and Italian Somaliland, beginning a war of conquest. Ethiopia, one of the League’s few African members, appealed for collective action, but sanctions were limited and major powers protected their own interests. The invasion exposed the racial limits of the postwar security system and made anti-fascist solidarity an international cause.

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Personen in deze gebeurtenis

Haile Selassie

Benito Mussolini

Organisaties in dit Evenement

Ethiopian Empire

Kingdom of Italy

League of Nations