Best 1935 newspaper MUSSOLINI FASCIST ITALY ATTACKS ETHIOPIA in prelude to WW II
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On October 3, 1935, Fascist Italy under dictator Benito Mussolini launched an unprovoked, full-scale invasion of Ethiopia (then widely known as Abyssinia). The Spark: Mussolini used a border skirmish that occurred in December 1934 at the Wal Wal oasis (inside Ethiopian territory) as a pretext for war.