Second Italo-Ethiopian War

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colonial war military conflict war

The Second Italo-Ethiopian War was a 1935–1936 conflict in which Fascist Italy invaded and conquered Ethiopia, marking a key episode of interwar imperial aggression and exposing the weakness of the League of Nations.

Aliases (10)

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	colonial war → military conflict → war →
aggressor	Kingdom of Italy →
alsoKnownAs	Second Italo-Abyssinian War →
belligerent	Ethiopian Empire → Kingdom of Italy →
cause	Fascist imperial ambitions → Italian expansionism → desire to avenge Italian defeat in First Italo-Ethiopian War →
characterizedBy	aerial bombardment of civilians → guerrilla resistance by Ethiopian forces → use of mustard gas by Italy →
colonized	Ethiopia →
colonizer	Kingdom of Italy →
combatantLeader	Haile Selassie I → Victor Emmanuel III →
commander	Benito Mussolini → Emperor Haile Selassie I → Pietro Badoglio → Rodolfo Graziani →
conflictIn	interwar period →
defender	Ethiopian Empire →
endDate	1936-05-09 →
exposed	weakness of the League of Nations →
followedBy	East African Campaign of World War II → Italian occupation of Ethiopia →
historicalSignificance	contributed to erosion of collective security system → major episode of interwar imperial aggression → strengthened Axis powers’ confidence before World War II →
involvedOrganization	League of Nations →
legalStatus	condemned by League of Nations →
location	Ethiopia → Horn of Africa →
partOf	interwar imperialism →
precededBy	First Italo-Ethiopian War →
primaryTheater	Abyssinia →
relatedTo	Italian Fascism → decolonization of Africa →
result	Italian occupation of Ethiopia → Italian victory → creation of Italian East Africa →
significantEvent	Haile Selassie speech to League of Nations → Italian use of chemical weapons → League of Nations sanctions on Italy →
startDate	1935-10-03 →
timePeriod	1930s →
typeOfConflict	aggressive war →

Referenced by (35)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Giovanni Messe → Italian Army (Kingdom of Italy) → Luigi Frusci → Regia Aeronautica → Rodolfo Graziani ("Italo-Ethiopian War (1935–1936)") → Vittorio Mussolini →	conflict
Alfredo Guzzoni → Bruno Mussolini → Fascist Italy → Haile Selassie I → Italian Blackshirt divisions → Pietro Badoglio →	participatedIn
Breguet 19 → Carcano rifle → Fiat CR.32 → Hawker Hart → Potez 25 → Savoia-Marchetti SM.81 Pipistrello →	usedInConflict
Benito Mussolini → Benito Mussolini → Emilio De Bono →	participantIn
East African campaign ("Italian invasion of Ethiopia") → Italian invasion of Albania ("Italian conquest of Ethiopia") →	precededBy
Second Italo-Ethiopian War ("Second Italo-Abyssinian War") →	alsoKnownAs
remilitarization of the Rhineland ("Abyssinia Crisis") →	cause
Italian East Africa →	establishedAfter
East African campaign ("Italian conquest of Ethiopia") →	follows
Interwar period →	hasPart
East African campaign ("Ethiopian resistance") →	involves
Interwar period →	mainConflict
Victor Emmanuel III of Italy ("Italian Empire in Ethiopia") →	monarchOf
Council of the League of Nations ("Abyssinian crisis") →	notableCase
Second Italo-Ethiopian War ("Italian occupation of Ethiopia") →	result
Italian Empire →	significantEvent
Haile Selassie speech to League of Nations ("Second Italo‑Ethiopian War") →	topic