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Fascist
Italy invaded Ethiopia. The Ethiopians’ appeal to the League of
Nations did not result in substantive intervention, because of
British and French appeasement policies. The Italians overran
Ethiopia after half a year of combat; the country’s Emperor, Haile
Selassie, went into exile. The Italian occupation lasted until the
British liberated the country in 1941, whereupon the emperor
reclaimed his throne. |