Oxford Dictionary of World History | Abyssinian Campaigns
Abyssinian Campaigns
(
1935
–
41
) A series of conflicts between Italy, Abyssinia (
Ethiopia
), and later Britain. War broke out as a result of Italy's unfulfilled ambition of
1894
–
96
to link
Eritrea
with
Somalia
, and
Mussolini
's aim to provide colonies to absorb Italy's surplus unemployed population. In
1934
and
1935
incidents, which were possibly contrived, took place at Walwal and elsewhere. On
3
October
1935
an Italian army attacked the Ethiopian forces from the north and east. Eventually the Ethiopians mustered 40,000 men, but they were helpless against the highly trained troops and modern...
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