The Abbysinian Crisis!
Why Did Mussoilini Invade?
The answers simple, he was a dictator and the public didnt like him, other European contries had parts of Africa and he thought that if he had Abyssinnia then the public wouldn't be concerned anymore with their own problems but with the attack of Abyssinnia. He could also hang out at the cool European Countries Treehouse and bully smaller countries for fun.
What Happened? In the 19th century there was this thing called the Scramble for Africa in which all the major European countries wanted to own Africa, they owned all the good resourceful countries but deserts like Abbysia were left out. Benito Mussolini invaded this countrie and the leader Hailie Selassie went to the League for Help, they did nothing and Britain and France made the Hoare-
Levalle pact which meant that they should do nothing, the manchurian Crisis along with the Manchurian Crisis show the failures of the league of Nations and the causes of the second world war. Yo! I'm Benito.
What The Crisis Did To The League's Reputation The League's reputation was already in tatters after The Manchurian Crisis of 1931. The Abyssinian Crisis all but ended The League and their reputation. The League were called upon by Hailie Selassie to send an army to protect Abyssinia from Mussolini. Britain and France were supposed to send an army but they ended up doing absolutely nothing. This put The League in a bad position and this was a big reason that the League ended.
Where the heck's Abyssinnia! Abbyssinnia, as you can see in my wonderful map is next to Sudan and Ethiopia and its Capital is Abbis Ababa. The Italians attacked form the north and south and drove the people south. This was one of the few remaining African countries that had not been overtaken by Europe.
The Operation would have been very hot and rations were scarce in the desert, many Italian troops died, however the Abb Army would have been used to this and so had the upper hand, but they were no match for Benito's troops.
What Did Britain And France Do??? As the Leagues two most prominent nations, France and Britain were expected to sort the problem out in a quick and non-violent way...this did not happen. Abyssinia at least expected an army to be sent to drive Mussolini and his army out of Abyssinia...this didn't exactly happen either. Instead this crisis was all but ignored by the League and nothing. This led to the second Italo-Abyssianian War.
Did You Know?
Mussolini was beaten, shot, and hung up with piano wire, before he died an hour later in Rome
Hitler was a monoball. This was what set off the Second Italo-Abyssinian War!