Many years before WW2, Italy had colonies in North Africa. They had lost some of this territory after WW1. So they wanted to regain this land in order to have more prestige in the world and appear to be a powerful country. Dictator Mussolini convinced the people to start a war in Somalia.
Italy invaded Ethiopia.
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Italian Somaliland, Ethiopia, then Libya.
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October 1935 marked the initial part of Italy's invasion of Ethiopia.
When Italy invaded Ethiopia, the League of Nations, tried to penalize Italy by blocking trade to and from the country of Italy. This type of blockade is known as a trade embargo.
Ethiopia was NEVER colonized, it was just partially occupied under Italy for 5 years but was not colonized. ever.The above is incorrect. Ethiopia was not colonized until 1936. Italy did place Italian inhabitans in the country, but the enterprise did not last. Italy's colonial claims were acknowledged and accepted by other European states.PLEASE IGNORE THE ANSWERS ABOVE. Ethiopia was never colonized. Italy attempted to colonize Ethiopia, but us Ethiopians fought back! Ethiopia beat Italy and did NOT get colonized, EVER. Ethiopia is the only country in Africa that has never gotten colonized by another country.