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Events on Thursday 3 October 1935 1
1935Italy invades EthiopiaStart of the Second Italo-Ethiopian WarItalian forces under Emilio De Bono crossed from Eritrea into Ethiopia without a declaration of war. Mussolini aimed to avenge the defeat at Adwa in 1896 and to expand Italy's East African empire. The invasion exposed the weakness of the League of Nations.