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Events on Tuesday 5 May 1936 1
1936Italy captures Addis AbabaEthiopian capital falls to Italian forcesItalian troops under Marshal Pietro Badoglio entered Addis Ababa after Emperor Haile Selassie went into exile. Four days later Mussolini proclaimed the annexation of Ethiopia and declared Victor Emmanuel III its emperor. The conquest exposed how little the League of Nations could do to stop aggression.