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The Abyssinia Crisis, [nb 1] also known in Italy as the Walwal incident, [nb 2] was an international crisis in 1935 that originated in a dispute over the town of Walwal, which then turned into a conflict between Fascist Italy and the Ethiopian Empire (then commonly known as "Abyssinia").
The Second Italo-Ethiopian War, also referred to as the Second Italo-Abyssinian War, was a war of aggression waged by Italy against Ethiopia, which lasted from October 1935 to February 1937. In Ethiopia it is often referred to simply as the Italian Invasion ( Amharic : ጣልያን ወረራ , romanized : Ṭalyan warära ; Oromo : Weerara ...
In 1935 the Abyssinian Crisis and Second Italo-Ethiopian War began. In the United Kingdom many people and the official opposition supported League of Nations sanctions against Fascist Italy, as did the Dominions.
The Abyssinia Crisis of 1934–1935, the denunciation by Germany of the Treaty of Versailles and international moves towards rearmament meant that "the only guarantee intended to guard against the total insecurity of the Straits has just disappeared in its turn". Indeed, Aras said that "the Powers most closely concerned are proclaiming the ...
The Abyssinia Crisis began when Ethiopian troops clashed with Somali Dubats in the service of Italy at the outpost of Welwel. The clash killed about 100 Ethiopians and 30 on the Italian side. [1] [9] Women in Turkey were given the right to vote. [10] Actress Jean Harlow sued for divorce from her third husband Harold Rosson, charging many acts ...
The Abyssinian crisis caused Courageous and the squadron to be transferred to the Mediterranean from August 1935 to February 1936. The squadron was upgraded to use Blackburn Sharks in April 1937, and then Fairey Swordfish in September 1938.
Abyssinia Crisis (1935) between Ethiopia and Italy; Second Italo-Ethiopian War (1935–1936) between the Kingdom of Italy and the Ethiopian Empire; World War II. East African campaign (1940–1941) of Italy against the United Kingdom, the Commonwealth of Nations, Belgium and Ethiopia; Italian guerrilla war in Ethiopia (1941–1943)
John Baptist Abyssinian (or Yohannǝs; Latin: Johannes Baptista Abessinus or Habiscinus; Italian: Giovanni Battista Indiano; 1509–1567) was an Abyssinian of the Ethiopian community in Nicosia in Cyprus, who in 1565 was appointed Catholic bishop of the church of Holy Savior in Nicosia and papal nuncio to the Eastern Churches.