''For more information, see also [[World War II]]''
''For more information, see also [[World War II]]''
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===The Ethiopian War===
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In 1935, [[fascist]] [[Italy]] under the leadership of [[Mussolini]] invaded [[Ethiopia]], the only uncolonized nation in [[Africa]] and a member state of the [[League of Nations]]. While Ethiopian Emperor [[Haile Selassie]] tried to get the League to help his country, his pleas in [[Geneva]] went unheard. Italy's colonial occupation of Ethiopia was marked by the aerial bombardment and use of poison gas against civilian populations.