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History of the Second World War

34: The Second Italo-Ethiopian War Pt. 1 - Invasion

History of the Second World War

Wesley Livesay

Society & Culture, Documentary, History

4.5626 Ratings

🗓️ 25 November 2020

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

In October 1935 Italian forces would invade Ethiopia ending months of negotiations and discussions that attempted to find a peaceful end to tensions that had been growing for over a year. Sources: * Great Britain and the Abyssinian Crisis, 1935-1936 by Louis John Smith * Black Nationalism and the Italo-Ethiopian Conflict 1934-1936 by William r. Scott * 'No More Hoares to Pairs': British Foreign policymaking and the Abyssinian Crisis, 1935 by Andrew Holt * Canada, Sanctions, and the Abyssinian Crisis of 1935 by Brock Millman * Between Rome and London: Pius XI, the Catholic Church, and the Abyssinian Crisis of 1935-1936 by Peter C. Kent * The Catholic Missions, British West African Nationalists, and the Italian Invasion of Ethiopia, 1935-36 by S.K.B. Asante * The Effect of Italy's Expansionist Policies on Anglo-Egyptian Relations in 1935 by L. Morsy * The Ethiopian Intelligentsia and the Italo-Ethiopian War, 1935-1941 by Bahru Zewde * Imperial Links: The Italian-Ethiopian War and Japanese New Order Thinking, 1935-36 by Reto Hofmann * Imperial Defense in the Mediterranean on the Eve of the Ethiopian Crisis (July-October 1935) by Rosario Quartararo * The Japanese and the Italo-Ethiopian Crisis, 1935-36 by S.O. Agbi * The League's Handling of the Italo-Abyssinian Dispute by Alfred Zimmern * The Machinery of British Policy in the Ethiopian Crisis by Gaines Post Jr. * The Test of Aggression in the Italo-Ethiopian War by Quincy Wright * The Hoare-Laval Plan: A Study in International Politics by Henderson B. Braddick * The Royal Navy and the Ethiopian Crisis of 1935-36 by Arthur Marder * The World Crisis of 1936 by Marquess of Lothian * British West Indian Reaction to the Italian-Ethiopian War: An Episode in Pan-Africanism by Robert G. Weisbord * British Policy in East Africa, March 1891-May 1935 by James C. Robertson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Episode 34, the Italio-Ethopian War Part 1, The Invasion.

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One of the cornerstones of European diplomacy during the 1920s and early 1930s was the relationship

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between Britain, France, and Italy that had been built during the First World War, and then had

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continued after it was over. With the retreat of the United States back into its posture of

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at least semi-isolationism after the Paris Peace Conference and the relative state of political chaos

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in many parts of Europe, it would be these three nations and their goals that would drive

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much of European

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politics during this period. The shift of the Italian government and the rise of Mussolini

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