Abyssinian Crisis
- Created by: Khadija Najam
- Created on: 17-02-18 20:23
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- Abyssinian Crisis: 1935
- Why Mussolini invaded
- Easy
- Thought he would succeed
- Thought League of Nations wouldn't interfere
- Confident at League's failure in Manchuria
- Signed Stresa Front in 1935 with France and Germany
- Empire
- wanted to rebuild the ancient roman empire
- National Pride: 1896 had tried to invade but failed
- Economy
- Manchuria had natural resources & good land for grazing animals
- Help end suffering after Depression
- Easy
- How Mussolini invaded
- DECEMBER 1934:
- Italians clashed with Abyssinians
- League tried to intervene but found it difficult to stop Mussolini
- Italy and Abyssinia both members of League
- JANUARY 1935
- French foreign minister, Pierre Laval, made with M. and made secret agreements
- Broke covenant of secret treaties
- France promised to give M. land in Chad. Also let M. deal with Abyssinia how he saw fit
- French foreign minister, Pierre Laval, made with M. and made secret agreements
- OCTOBER 1935
- League issued Moral Condemnation
- Troops still entered Abyssinia on 3rd.
- Italy= modern and advanced. Abyssinia= small army with spears
- Bombed tribal villages and used chemical weapons to terrorise them to surrender
- MAY 1936
- Italian troops took capital
- DECEMBER 1934:
- League's response
- Failure to close Suez Canal
- Britain and France could close canal to stop M. moving troops and supplies
- Wanted to avoid upsetting M.: worried he would unite with Hitler
- Hoare-Laval Pact: Dec 1935
- Britain and France had a settlement to offer Italy- secret
- agreed M. would be given areas of Abyssinia
- land not theirs to give: did not consult Italy or Abyssiania
- Proved Britain and France were willing to undermine League for self-interest
- Trade sanctions
- ITALY
- Didn't ban oil, steel, iron or coal
- M. said if coal and oil were banned: stop- need fuel for tanks
- British worried that banning trade = unemployment
- Didn't ban oil, steel, iron or coal
- ABYSSINIA
- No arms traded with Abyssinia
- Nothing to defend themselves
- ITALY
- End of the League
- Italy left League in May 1936
- Britain, France and USSR left to run League
- Britain and France shown they were interested in own welfare than protecting convenant
- Failure to close Suez Canal
- Why Mussolini invaded
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