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The Abyssinian Crisis
By Callum + Rachel
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How It Started. • Abissinia was in a country called Africa, which was well liked and everybody wanted at least some part of it. But because most countries wanted the land, mainly the good areas were • In the north of Africa the land was rich and fertile, but the south was desert and useless. • Africa was defenceless compared to most developed countries, and so this made the thought of taking over more tempting and easier to do. • The countries after the land were mainly European, including England and France.
Why did Italy invade Abyssinia? Mussolini invaded Abyssinia for 3 reasons, these were: • In 1896 Italy had attempted to invade Abyssinia. There modern army and weapons were beaten by the poorly equipped Abyssinian tribesmen. • Mussolini wanted to invade Abyssinia to gain the rich north land as it was great for farming. Mussolini did not want the South as it was all desert and abandoned. Mussolini wanted the resources to help Italy recover from the depression. • Mussolni also saw himself as a great miltary leader and had talked of recreating the empire once created by Rome.
Britain and France's roles.
(The Hoare-Laval Pact) • The Abyssinian Emperor Haille Selassie went to the League of Nations to appeal for help with Italy invading, but it did nothing. • Britain and France had already devised the Hoare-Laval Pact. • The Hoare-Laval Pact was to basically give Mussolini a whole chunk of Ethiopia. The information of agreement had become public and Abyssinia was outraged.
•
How did the League respond? Because Mussolini was going to invade
Abyssinia, the League had attempted to keep the peace. • They had given sanctions on weaponry between both Abyssinia and Italy, but obviously this wasn't effective and didn't exactly help Abyssinia. • An argument was put forward about not banning oil in the sanctions. This would mean that Italy could simply get their oil from America, who were a non-League country. • Britain had two large naval bases - Gibraltar and Malta - near the Meditteranean Sea, and provoking Mussolini could have dangered these, and so in fear they kept the Suez Canal open.
The Outcomes. • Britain and France did nothing at all to help Abyssinia. • Italy invaded Abyssinia and stayed there, with no armies to fight at all and...
• The League of Nations were proven useless after yet another crisis.
Victorious!
The effect on the League.
The Abyssinian Crisis showed how weak the League of Nations actually were. The Manchurian Crisis was one thing, but for the League to be so afraid this time that they had to let Mussolini take over Abyssinia to protect their own owned areas shows how weak and pathetic they were. o They basically gave up their reputation and helpful jobs for their own good, which got them no where. o
Further Reading. =) http://www.ellonacademy.org.uk/subjects/Departments/history/Inter_Advanced_Higher_pages/Appeasement%20notes/abyssinia. htm http://www.johndclare.net/league_of_nations6b.htm http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/abyssinia.htm http://www.sgfl.org.uk/haywoodhistory/gcse/international/leagueofnations/abyssinian
THANKYOU.
By Callum + Rachel
=]
How It Started. • Abissinia was in a country called Africa, which was well liked and everybody wanted at least some part of it. But because most countries wanted the land, mainly the good areas were • In the north of Africa the land was rich and fertile, but the south was desert and useless. • Africa was defenceless compared to most developed countries, and so this made the thought of taking over more tempting and easier to do. • The countries after the land were mainly European, including England and France.
Why did Italy invade Abyssinia? Mussolini invaded Abyssinia for 3 reasons, these were: • In 1896 Italy had attempted to invade Abyssinia. There modern army and weapons were beaten by the poorly equipped Abyssinian tribesmen. • Mussolini wanted to invade Abyssinia to gain the rich north land as it was great for farming. Mussolini did not want the South as it was all desert and abandoned. Mussolini wanted the resources to help Italy recover from the depression. • Mussolni also saw himself as a great miltary leader and had talked of recreating the empire once created by Rome.
Britain and France's roles.
(The Hoare-Laval Pact) • The Abyssinian Emperor Haille Selassie went to the League of Nations to appeal for help with Italy invading, but it did nothing. • Britain and France had already devised the Hoare-Laval Pact. • The Hoare-Laval Pact was to basically give Mussolini a whole chunk of Ethiopia. The information of agreement had become public and Abyssinia was outraged.
•
How did the League respond? Because Mussolini was going to invade
Abyssinia, the League had attempted to keep the peace. • They had given sanctions on weaponry between both Abyssinia and Italy, but obviously this wasn't effective and didn't exactly help Abyssinia. • An argument was put forward about not banning oil in the sanctions. This would mean that Italy could simply get their oil from America, who were a non-League country. • Britain had two large naval bases - Gibraltar and Malta - near the Meditteranean Sea, and provoking Mussolini could have dangered these, and so in fear they kept the Suez Canal open.
The Outcomes. • Britain and France did nothing at all to help Abyssinia. • Italy invaded Abyssinia and stayed there, with no armies to fight at all and...
• The League of Nations were proven useless after yet another crisis.
Victorious!
The effect on the League.
The Abyssinian Crisis showed how weak the League of Nations actually were. The Manchurian Crisis was one thing, but for the League to be so afraid this time that they had to let Mussolini take over Abyssinia to protect their own owned areas shows how weak and pathetic they were. o They basically gave up their reputation and helpful jobs for their own good, which got them no where. o
Further Reading. =) http://www.ellonacademy.org.uk/subjects/Departments/history/Inter_Advanced_Higher_pages/Appeasement%20notes/abyssinia. htm http://www.johndclare.net/league_of_nations6b.htm http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/abyssinia.htm http://www.sgfl.org.uk/haywoodhistory/gcse/international/leagueofnations/abyssinian
THANKYOU.
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