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    The Abyssinia Crisis, also known in Italy as the Walwal incident, was an international crisis in 1935 that originated in a dispute over the town of Walwal...
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    October 3, 1935, Italy invaded Ethiopia, marking the onset of the Abyssinia Crisis. The British government, buoyed by public opinion in favor of collective...
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    Royal Navy generally favoured appeasement although it was during the Abyssinia Crisis of 1937 that it was confident it could easily defeat the Royal Italian...
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    and Cyrenaica. It was unveiled on 16 March 1937. In 1935, as the "Abyssinia Crisis" worsened, Balbo began preparing plans to attack Egypt and Sudan. As...
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  • Ethiopia Second Italo-Ethiopian War (1935–1937), won by Italy Abyssinia Crisis, a 1935 crisis originating in the so-called Walwal incident in the then ongoing...
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    by the Germans to change the Treaty of Versailles. A factor in the Abyssinia Crisis, it encouraged Italian imperial ambitions, motivated by the perception...
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    30 to 50 Italians and Somalis were killed. The incident led to the Abyssinia Crisis at the League of Nations. On 4 September 1935, the League of Nations...
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    decreasing its credibility. One example of this hesitancy was the Abyssinia Crisis, in which Italy's sanctions were only limited from the outset (coal...
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    favourable to Italy and the Soviet Union, but his handling of the Abyssinia Crisis, which was widely denounced as appeasement of Benito Mussolini, prompted...
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    ship was attached to the Mediterranean Fleet in 1935–36 during the Abyssinia Crisis. During the Spanish Civil War of 1936–1939, she spent considerable...
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    such issues as the Spanish Civil War, the League of Nations and the Abyssinia Crisis. In 1931, Japanese forces invaded the region of Manchuria because of...
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    1935. Despite earlier opposition to the Italo-Turkish War, after the Abyssinia Crisis of 1935–1936, Mussolini invaded Ethiopia following border incidents...
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  • signed the Franco-Italian Agreement, giving him a free hand in the Abyssinia Crisis with the Ethiopian Empire, in return for an alliance against Hitler...
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    foreign policy, especially the push for autarky after the 1935 invasion of Abyssinia and the subsequent trade embargoes. The push for independence from foreign...
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    The Suez Crisis also known as the Second Arab–Israeli War, the Tripartite Aggression in the Arab world and as the Sinai War in Israel, was a British–French–Israeli...
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    Tunisia and give Italy a mainly-free hand to occupy Ethiopia during the Abyssinia Crisis. Italy was also to receive the Aouzou Strip, which was to be moved...
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    Land Battle for the Lira Battle for Births Second Italo-Senussi War Abyssinia Crisis Second Italo-Ethiopian War Foundation of the Empire Spanish Civil War...
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    during which she became involved in the planned British response to the Abyssinia Crisis, Australia operated in local and South-West Pacific waters until World...
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    appeasement of Germany. Eden and Vansittart had already clashed during the Abyssinia Crisis with Eden supporting sanctions against Italy while Vansittart wanted...
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  • action against it. The Japanese replied by quitting the League. The Abyssinia Crisis occurred in 1935, when Fascist Italy invaded the Abyssinian Empire...
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    from a temporary deployment with the Mediterranean Fleet during the Abyssinia Crisis of 1935–1936, she spent the bulk of the 1930s assigned to the Atlantic...
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    the hegemonic position of the Social Democrats in Sweden. After the Abyssinia Crisis, both Finland and Sweden were forced to adjust their foreign policies...
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    have been attached to the Mediterranean Fleet in 1935–36 during the Abyssinia Crisis, nor did she enforce the arms blockade imposed by Britain and France...
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    and 1936, the cruiser was involved in the British response to the Abyssinia Crisis. Shropshire was also present for the Spanish Civil War, and between...
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    Land Battle for the Lira Battle for Births Second Italo-Senussi War Abyssinia Crisis Second Italo-Ethiopian War Foundation of the Empire Spanish Civil War...
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    3 October 1935, after the League of Nations's weak response to the Abyssinia Crisis, the Italians launched a new military campaign endorsed by Benito Mussolini...
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    chance to "reassert our dominance over an inferior race". During the Abyssinia crisis, Chatfield was regarded as the senior service chief whose advice Baldwin...
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    report and was leaving the League, effective immediately. During the Abyssinia Crisis caused by the Italian invasion of Ethiopia in 1935, Koo was a strong...
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    in order to replace destroyers sent to the Mediterranean during the Abyssinia Crisis. She was refitted at Devonport from 22 November 1935 and 13 January...
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  • Djibouti), briefly occupied by Italy from 1936 to 1941 during the Abyssinia Crisis; Sudan, independent under Mahdi rule between 1885 and 1899. It was...
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