Mussolini invades Abyssinia in 1936. Partly out of revenge for the invasion of 1898, when Italy were beaten by tribes men with spears. Mussolini wanted to restore Italian pride. And also to expand the Italian empire and become mroe powerful.
The League of Nations imposed some sanctions. These led to a growth of nationalist support for the war in Italy.
Britain and France failed to arrange a compromise, they did not impose oil sanctions as they feared that this would anger Mussolini and Italy would be tempted to ally with Germany. If they had imposed these, Mussolini would have been stopped.
In May 1936 Italy defeated Abyssinia, as the League failed to come to a quick enough decision. King Victor Emmanuel was crowned Emperor of Abyssinia.
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