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What was the impact of this within Italy?

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What was the impact of this within Italy?

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The Italian people supported the war. They melted down their wedding rings to boost their gold reserves. The men melted down their bedframes etc to support the war by giving materials to make weapons

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What factors allowed Italy to win the war?

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What factors allowed Italy to win the war?

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Aerial superiority Ethiopia didn't have any war planes whereas the Italians had a good number, this meant that Italy had full control over the sky, using poison gas bombs

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How did the war in Abyssinia impact Italy as a whole?

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How did the war in Abyssinia impact Italy as a whole?

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The war, by giving substance to Italian imperialist claims, contributed to international tensions between the fascist states and the Western democracies. It also served as a rallying point, especially after World War II, for developing African nationalist movements.

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What actions were taken against Italy by the League of Nations?

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What actions were taken against Italy by the League of Nations?

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In response to Ethiopian appeals, the League of Nations condemned the Italian invasion in 1935 and voted to impose economic sanctions on the aggressor.

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What factors encouraged Italy to expand into Ethiopia?

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What factors encouraged Italy to expand into Ethiopia?

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Mussolini saw it as an opportunity to provide land for unemployed Italians and also acquire more mineral resources to fight off the effects of the Great Depression

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November 1935 Rome-Berlin Axis

This pact, which united the two fascist regimes, was written by the Italian foreign minister Galeazzo Ciano. Following this agreement, all European affairs, according to Mussolini, would revolve around the "Rome-Berlin axis."

November 1937: Anti-Comintern Pact

In November 1936, Nazi Germany and Japan came to an agreement against the Communist International known as the First Anti-Comintern Pact.  It primarily intended to hit the USSR.  Italy finally ratified the agreement in November 1937.

May 1939: Pact of Steel

The Rome-Berlin Axis was formalized and transformed into a military alliance by the Pact of Steel. On May 22, 1939, Hitler and Mussolini both signed it.  Politically and militarily, the two states were joined by the alliance.

Tripartite Pact September 1940

Italy, Nazi Germany, and Japan's military objectives were explicitly incorporated into this alliance.  The Berlin Pact is a defensive military agreement that was struck in Berlin.  Its main objective was to discourage Americans from getting involved in Europe and Asia. It was largely directed at the United States.  Despite this, its articles did not compel its signatories to agree to wage war together.

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- Mussolini moved away from any attempt at diplomacy and cooperation in the 1930s which demonstrates that he was working toward an alliance with Germany and imperial ambition.

- Mussolini did in fact actively pursue Italian engagement in war, act on the goal of imperial expansion, and move away from diplomacy and collaboration during the 1930s, making fascist ideology more apparent as the driving force behind his foreign policy.

- His more assertive foreign policy resulted in a move in diplomatic alignment away from Britain and toward a closer alliance with Nazi Germany, despite the fact that he reiterated his anti-French territorial claims.

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- Italy was facing economic difficulties in the aftermath of World War I, with high inflation and unemployment.

- There is a link between domestic economic problems and Italy's more assertive foreign policy in the 1930s, despite the fact that Mussolini's administration survived the Great Depression

- The Fascist government believed that territorial expansion would provide new markets and sources of raw materials for Italy's industries.

- Mussolini might have used foreign policy as a distraction from the nation's internal economic problems and a means to unify the public behind a dynamic, fascist expansionist agenda

-  Mussolini began to experience rising public unrest in 1934, which may have put his power in jeopardy

- Although the economic crisis first affected Italy in 1993, Esmonde Robertson argued that signs of recovery appeared in 1994 and that domestic economic factors were not what motivated Mussolini's more assertive foreign policy beginning in 1935.