What’s important about the Abbysanian Crisis?

The Abyssinian Crisis
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The Abyssinian Crisis
The Abyssinia Crisis denotes an international conflict that occurred in 1935 between Italy and Abyssinia (modern day Ethiopia). The importance of the Abyssinian Crisis is that it undermined the credibility of the League of nations, contribute to Italy allying with Nazi Germany, and set the stage for World War II (Strang, 2008). When the Walwal incident occurred, Emperor Haile Selassie protested the Italian hostility and appealed to the League of Nations. However, the League of nations delayed any sanctions against Italy and when economic sanctions were put against Italy, they were never fully implemented. The Italian dictator Benito Mussolini invaded Ethiop...