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Mussolini Invades Abyssinia
Mussolini shipped his armies to africa. -
The LON Stalls.
Britain and France saw Italy as a strong ally against Germany in the future. They signed an agreement with Italy to stand against Germany in the event of war. -
British People Call for Action
A ballot was taken in Britain and it showed that the public wanted Abyssinia to be defended by force if necessary. A loy of talking was done, but nothing happened. A plan was put forward that would give Mussolini some of Abyssinia, but he rejected it. -
Mussolini Starts his Invasion
The abyssinians were not equipped to beat the Italians tanks, aeroplanes and poison gas. -
The League set up a committe to deal with the problem
a committe was made to set up sanctions against Italy. They banned weapon sales to Italy; it banned all imports from Italy and he exports of rubber, tin and metals to Italy. A decision was delayed 2 months about weather or not to ban oil exports to Italy. They were scared that America would not agree. They were also worried about losing economic stability in their own countries. -
The League failed to cut Italian supply routes
The Suez canal could have easily been shut off to Italy, which would have ended the campaign, but France and England (who owned the Canal) were afraid it would start war with Italy. -
Hitler Invades the Rhineland
France desperately needed the support of Italy, so it gave up trying to stop them invading Abyssinia and focused on their own needs (again). -
Mussolini completely takes over Abyssinia
The League was broken and helpless. their promises of safety to all had failed. They had failed. -
Mussolini and Hitler sign an agreement
They sign the Rome-Berlin Axis.
