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Mussolini occupied Ethiopia for 5 years (1936--1941). Before he got involved in WW2 the British and tolerated this invasion because they thought it would help to keep Italy out of the war. When Hitler forced Mussolini to mobilise Italian troop to support the German troops, British policy changed. The Italians became enemies and the British sent a force to Ethiopia. Together with patriot Ethiopian fighters, they officially liberated Ethiopia.

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