italy's attack on ethiopia
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ITALY'S ATTACK ON ETHIOPIA. The Final Failure of the League of Nations. ITALY. ETHIOPIA. VS. "War is to man as maternity is to women". -Mussolini (Leader of Italy). Mussolini. “Let us have a dagger between our teeth, a bomb in our hands, and an infinite scorn in our hearts.”. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
The fascist dictator of Italy; Mussolini, had many reasons
in wanting to conquer Ethiopia (formerly Abyssinia), such as:
“Let us have a dagger between our teeth, a bomb in our hands, and an infinite scorn in our hearts.”
Ethiopia was one of only two of the
independent nations left in Africa.
Mussolini wanted to provide an outlet for the over-population of his country.
Ethiopia lay between Italy and her two
colonies: Eritrea and
Italian Somaliland
In the past, Italy had initiated an attack on Ethiopia called the Battle of Adawa in 1896 and…
OWNED!
.
In 1934, Italy instigated an incident in Ethiopia which resulted in the
death of four Italians.
The League of Nations had an
impractical system of waiting for every
member to agree before any action could be taken.
Therefore, when Ethiopia appealed the League with regards to Italy’s
unjust demands the League spent a
year discussing the issue with no
progress.
In 1935, Italy invaded Ethiopia without declaring war.
Finally, the League voted to impose economic sanctions
upon Italy.
However they did not include the vital steel, coal and copper commodities.
NO IMPORTS, EXPORTS
AND TRADES!
Since some countries were not part of the League, in significance the USA, opposing powers still traded
with Italy.
Therefore, Italy did not receive the punishment they
deserved.
Several days before the oil embargo was to go into effect, the foreign ministers of Britain and
France, Samuel Hoare and Pierre Laval, created the Hoare-Laval Plan.
The Hoare-Laval Plan
Italy will be given most of Ethiopia if she will agree to stop fighting immediately. (Italy had already conquered half of Ethiopia)
The plan was intended to remain secret, but it got leaked to the press.
This demonstrated Britain and France’s lack of dedication to the League and unconcern for smaller, insignificant
countries.
“What a disgrace!”
What’s the point in the
League, anyways?
Consequently, supporters of the sanctions
became uninterested.
Mussolini successfully conquered Ethiopia.
Italy’s attack Italy’s attack was significant was significant because it because it initiated initiated Mussolini's Mussolini's modern military modern military machine (air machine (air spray mustard spray mustard gas)gas)
“If they only had the courage to impose the oil embargo I would have left in a week!”
“NOTHING CAN STOP ME
NOW!”
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