War: Second Italo-Ethiopian War.
Date: October 1935-May 1936.
Causes: Italy seeking more African land, Italy not able to conquer Ethiopia in First Italo-Ethiopian War.
Countries/Groups of People Involved: Italy, Ethiopia, Britain, France, and Belgium.
Major Leaders: Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia, Benito Mussolini of Italy, Victor Emmanuel III of Italy, Ras Kassu of Ethiopia.
Setting: Ethiopia.
Accessible Technology: Italy illegally used mustard gas and phosgene during the war, which went against the rules of the League of Nations. Technology similar to World War II.
Effects: This war played a very large factor in the beginning of World War II.
Outcome: Italy conquered Ethiopia, which it had wanted to do so for decades. However, in 1841, allied forces in World War II (British, French, and Belgians) helped liberate Ethiopia from Italian control. 275,000 Ethiopian casualties, 20,000 Italian casualties.
Date: October 1935-May 1936.
Causes: Italy seeking more African land, Italy not able to conquer Ethiopia in First Italo-Ethiopian War.
Countries/Groups of People Involved: Italy, Ethiopia, Britain, France, and Belgium.
Major Leaders: Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia, Benito Mussolini of Italy, Victor Emmanuel III of Italy, Ras Kassu of Ethiopia.
Setting: Ethiopia.
Accessible Technology: Italy illegally used mustard gas and phosgene during the war, which went against the rules of the League of Nations. Technology similar to World War II.
Effects: This war played a very large factor in the beginning of World War II.
Outcome: Italy conquered Ethiopia, which it had wanted to do so for decades. However, in 1841, allied forces in World War II (British, French, and Belgians) helped liberate Ethiopia from Italian control. 275,000 Ethiopian casualties, 20,000 Italian casualties.
The Second Italo-Ethiopian War impacted society tremendously. This was not only the prelude to World War II, but its inhumane conditions (use of mustard gas, phosgene, etc.) told society that Italy would not follow the League of Nations and changed how people thought of war, as it went from hand-to-hand combat to more technologically advanced warfare. This war changed the lives of the Ethiopians, because the country was under Italian rule for almost five years. Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia surrendered the last of his Ethiopian army to Italy.