WORLD WAR I
LEAGUE OF NATIONS
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Mussolini wanted revenge for a military defeat in 1896
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It showed Japan that it was possible to get away with disobeying the laws of the League of Nations
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Italy gained land and resources by taking over Abyssinia
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It was a way for improving the Italian economy after the Great Depression
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Detailed explanation-1: -Mussolini appointed Alberto De’ Stefani, a man with free market economic views, as his Minister of Finance. De’ Stefani simplified the tax code, cut taxes, curbed spending, liberalized trade restrictions and abolished rent controls. These policies provided a powerful stimulus.
Detailed explanation-2: -In 1935, Mussolini invaded Ethiopia, resulting in international alienation and leading to Italy’s withdrawal from the League of Nations; Italy allied with Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan and strongly supported Francisco Franco in the Spanish civil war.
Detailed explanation-3: -Il Duce at War In 1935, Mussolini ordered the invasion of Ethiopia, a poor African country that had once humiliated Italy in battle.
Detailed explanation-4: -The aim of invading Ethiopia was to boost Italian national prestige, which was wounded by Ethiopia’s defeat of Italian forces at the Battle of Adowa in the nineteenth century (1896), which saved Ethiopia from Italian colonisation.