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Abyssinian Crisis Research Paper

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During the years of 1935 and 1936 Italy had a new sovereign, Benito Mussolini. For there had already been disputes of Ethiopia and the Italian Somaliland in Africa and during 1930 - 1935 Italian soldiers had been killed by Abyssinians on the edge. Mussolini thought that would be the perfect to attack and Abyssinia would mean a fairly easy victory and that he will have his empire that little bit sooner. Abyssinia was weak. She was poorly equipped with little men or weapons. This was an unfair battle as Italy had large troops and had parts of her empire surrounding Abyssinia. These reasons caused Abyssinia to retreat. Once they retreated the Abyssinia leader, Haile Selassie went to the League of Nations for help. The League had failed to help when they were last asked for assistance. This was when Manchuria needed aid when Japan was threatening to attack and did in 1931. The league had to keep to a strict plan and needed to impose …show more content…

The crisis was led by pre-existing political conditions between Ethiopia and Italy. At the time, the League of Nations had power of fifty-two nations but they did not provide Ethiopia with adequate support. The power of the League of Nations depended on the two major European powers, which were Britain and France that were already weakened by First World War. The League of Nations lack of power to take control of other league members, lack of power to oppress the aggressor and lack of ability to make firm decisions shown in the process of attempting to resolve the crisis casted doubt on the League of Nations existence. The League of Nations inadequate support of Abyssinian Crisis drastically abased the League of Nations credibility. As a result, the failure of Abyssinian Crisis questioned the public of the League of Nations credibility which also forced the League of Nations to think of its

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