In May 1936 Benito Mussolini prociaimed the establishment of an Italian empire in east
Africa. Ethiopia was annexed to Italy; the last African country free from foreign domination …

Italy's invasion of Ethiopia in 1935 marked a turning point in interwar Europe. The last great
European colonial conquest in Africa, the conflict represented an enormous gamble for the …

Relations between Italy and Britain, even after Mussolini's seizure of power, remained
entirely satisfactory within the framework of their traditional partnership in European affairs …

In the autumn of 1965, exactly 20 years to the day after the Fascist invasion of Ethiopia,
Haile Selassie I, the Elect of God, the Conquering Lion of Judah, arrived in Rome for an …

The tranquility of Italian-American communities was shattered by the outbreak of the
Ethiopian crisis in December 1934. When hostilities erupted, the Italian government counted …

The 1935-36 Italian fascist invasion and subsequent occupation of Ethiopia were
accompanied by numerous atrocities: the use of mustard gas, the bombing of Red Cross …

A detailed examination of Ethiopian-Japanese relations from their beginnings in the interwar
period through the Italo-Ethiopian War of 1935-6, drawing on Japanese, Russian, Italian …

Abstract On 5 January 1935 the French foreign minister, Pierre Laval, and the Italian dictator,
Mussolini, met in Rome. Two days later, on 7 January 1935, the two men concluded eight …

Mussolini in Ethiopia, 1919-1935 looks in detail at the evolution of the Italian Fascist
regime's colonial policy within the context of European politics and the rise to power of …

Ethiopia trounced the Italians in 1896 in the greatest African victory over Europe since
Hannibal, but failed to prevent the loss of Eritrea. The event was a powerful constitutive force …