Mussolini's+Conquest+of+Ethiopia

After becoming the supreme ruler of Italy in 1922 Musilini spent years consolodating power within Italy and building up the Italian economy. However, he always had dreams of restoring Italy to a major power, the likes of the Holy Roman Empire. In the 1930's he set his sights on Ethiopia and Italy quickly overpowered the Abyssinian forces. Thanks to their vastly superior airpower Italian forces plowed through to the Capital where Emperor Halie Selassie was forced to flee. Ethiopia was then declared a part of Italian East Africa. During the conquest of Ethiopia there were documented accounts of the Italian military utilizing mustard gas against the Ethiopians. Also Italian troops were instucted to bomb Red Cross tents where doctors had been treating Ethiopian patients. Despite the fact that Both France and Britian maintained power in Africa through brutal means during this time, Itlay was singled out. As a result the league of nations imposed multiple economic sanctions upon Italy this didn't impede its progression securing its "empire".

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