Southern Asia, 23 Feb 1935
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Political map of South & Southwest Asia 23 February 1935 (Abyssinia Crisis): In the 1920s, Mussolini's Fascists had risen to power in Italy, adopting an increasingly aggressive foreign policy. In 1934 their expanding claims in Somalia led to a clash with Ethiopia, which brought the dispute to the League of Nations (Abyssinia Crisis). However Mussolini secretly wanted an excuse to conquer Ethiopia and continuously rejected the League's attempts at arbitration.