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League of Nations - Italy and Abyssinia
Created by anna jordan on September 10, 2009, 12:36 pm. Report this group | FAQ
Categorized under: World War II, Teaching Resources - Schools
Italy was a permanent member of the council of the League of Nations. Nevertheless, in late 1934 Mussolini attacked Abyssinia (modern day Ethiopia). This was arguably in retalliation for the Italian defeat at Adowa in 1896, or a bid to expand Italian Imperial possessions in Africa. Mussolini used the pretext of a (staged) incident at WalWal to send in troops already stationed in Somaliland and Eritrea. A further invasion was later launched in October 1935. Mussolini's actions sounded the death knell for the League as a credible peace keeping force, principally because of the League's failure to respond appropriately. The League had 3 weapons at its disposal - moral condemnation, arbitration and economic sanctions. Clearly only the latter was viable in this case. The League ordered its members to impose sanctions. These sanctions were fundamentally ineffective as they excluded an oil embargo - the only viable sanction for halting the Italian war effort.
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