| December 1934 |
Dispute at Wal-Wal between Italians and Abyssinians |
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| April 1935 |
Stresa Pact signed between Britain, France and Italy, uniting them against German rearmament |
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| October 1935 |
100,000 Italian troops enter Abyssinia from the north. Adowa taken after 2 days of bombing, with only one Italian casualty |
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| November 1935 |
Southern Abyssinian leader, Afework, killed |
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| December 1935 |
Italians use mustard gas in victory at Dolo. Abyssinians counter-attack and Italians retreat 12 miles. Hoare and Laval prepare the Hoare-Laval Plan, giving Mussolini two-thirds of Abyssinia |
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| January 1936 |
Italians use mustard gas at the battle of Tembien |
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| February 1936 |
Italians use artillery to bring victory at Amba Aradam |
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| March 1936 |
Last major Abyssinian army defeated. Haile Selassie's personal army defeated and survivors trapped by a lake and attacked with gas and bombs. Meanwhile, Hitler reoccupies the Rhineland |
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| April 1936 |
Italian tanks and armoured cars take control over more Abyssinian regions without opposition |
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| May 1936 |
Haile Selassie flees Abyssinia. Italian troops enter Addis Ababa. Victor Emanuel, the King of Italy, declared the new Emperor of Abyssinia |
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| November 1936 |
Rome-Berlin Axis - Mussolini and Hitler sign an agreement |
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