The events focused on the lasting effects of the second Italo-Ethiopian War and the efforts of black soldiers who fought in fascist Italy during WWII.
FITCHBURG –The Center for Italian Culture at Fitchburg State University will launch a series of book discussions this month centered on the acclaimed novel, “The Shadow King,” set against the Italian ...
The first informal meeting of the League of Nations in Geneva, 1920. (Courtesy of Bettmann / Getty Photos) In October 1935, the Italian dictator Benito Mussolini launched an invasion of Ethiopia, ...
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Rolling Disasters: Italian Tanks in World War II were 'Steel Coffins'
They say, “Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.” That’s an Italian saying that is often apocryphally attributed ...
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The Italian invasion of Abyssinia
At five am on the 3rd of October 1935 Italian forces crossed into Abyssinia, modern day Ethiopia, signalling the start of the ...
In January a fleet white lieutenant general hurled his forces into Ethiopia. By April the capital had fallen, the Emperor had committed suicide. By June the last of the British troops had left ...
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