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Italy.
Italy invaded Ethiopia in the mid-1930's
Africa.
Prior to WW2, England had several colonies in Africa. They wanted to maintain security of the Suez Canal. After Italy gained control of the disputed countries in the Eastern edge of Africa, they began to attack British colonies.
Africa is the continent south of Italy and Greece.
At the time, Italy was thought by some to be the best route of attack to Germany, but in retrospect the war was lengthened and resources wasted by this strategy. With North Africa and the Mediterranean in Allied hands, Italy was effectively contained. Any advantages reaped by the Italian Campaign were greatly outweighed by the losses which the Allies incurred.
Italy.
9, November 2008. Miriam Makeba, nicknamed Mama Africa, suffered a heart attack shortly after singing her hit song, "Pata Pata" in a concert held in Castel Volturno, near Caserta, Italy.
it is africa ok look on a map to find out hope it helped
the Germans were getting their supplies through the Suez canal and a lot of their oil from north Africa the allies wanted to cut these supply lines. also use it to attack Italy which would eventually create a 3 front war for the Germans one in Italy, after Operations Overlord and Neptune a front in France then the Russian front therefore boxing them in
Italy
Africa is a big place. So is Italy. From Sicily to Tunisia is about 50 minutes. From Milan to South Africa is about 11 hours.