Road to War: Another failure of the League of Nations (that led to WWII) was the Manchurian Crisis (1931-33). Comment here if you want to see that as an episode!

Italy: *invades Ethiopia* Britain and France: "You weren't suppose to do that!" Also Britain and France: *has 3/4 of Africa*

Italy: is making an empire Britain with 3M colonies: how dare you

League of Nations: you can’t invade Abyssinia thats illegal! Italy: Oh no! Anyway

"hono(u)r" - "h" is silent; "knife" - "k" is silent; "psycho" - "p" is silent; "Italy invades Abyssinia" - "League of Nation" is silent. May the invasion of Greece be next?

LoN: YOU USED CHEMICAL WEAPONS. THAT S A WAR CRIMW Italy: But i used it on africans... LoN:Oh...well keep on then

7:18 "Marshall Badoglio who had demonstrated his willingness to use brutal force in Libya." Fitting that he was named Badoglio and not Goodoglio.

Italy : conquers Abyssinia Italy 5 years later takes Albania Greece: I am about to end this mans whole career

Wow, those drawings and animations are getting really great, im twenty seconds in and its better than ever

“It was us today. It will be you tomorrow.” - Haile Selassie

LoN: Hey you stop doing that Italy: No LoN: Well okay

Wait, wait,wait... Etiopia defeated Italy at the end of the 19th century!!? LOL

When you realize that the Italians could've simply dropped the Atomic Meatball and ended the war.

Abyssinia: *exists* Italy: Do you want to explode?!

"Throughout history, it has been the inaction of those who could have acted; the indifference of those who should have known better; the silence of the voice of justice when it mattered most; that has made it possible for evil to triumph." -Haile Selassie

My hats off to the people of Ethiopia who refused to let their homes be taken silently

Not-so-fun fact: After World War II, while German and Japanese war criminals were tried and handed out sentences at Nuremberg and Tokyo, no Italians were tried as war criminals due to the British and Americans wanting to keep Italy as an ally in the Cold War against the Soviet Union, despite Yugoslav, Greek, and Ethiopian attempts to bring them to justice.

Italy might have been ineffective in fighting the allies But let’s remember how Italy showed how the League of Nations is a failure

The Italian invasion of Ethiopia wasted alot of Italy's resources, and isolated Mussolini by France and Britain which made Italy more dependent on Germany. Eventually it was the reason why Italy became an ally of Germany which led to its collapse.

Nobody: Italy in 1935: I'm about to do what's called a pro gamer move

Surprisingly the Ethiopian imperial guard (the Mehal Sefari) were remarkably well equipped for an African army prior to WWII. They were clothed in European uniforms and utilized European weapons

Italy:”BACK TO WWI I GO!” France and Britain: “cool, just ally with us.” Italy; “No I don’t think I will”

Fun fact. Italy never managed to control 100% of Ethiopia, because of an Ethiopian resistance group called The Arbegnoch (Amharic for Patriots) That's why Ethiopian people say that they have never been colonized because they never surrendered and kept on fighting. Edit: many people are misunderstanding my comment. I never implied that Ethiopia would have been colonized if they didn’t resist the Italians. They were occupied by definition. I simply wanted to point out why many Ethiopians are proud of this conflict, even though it might look like a decisive defeat if you don’t know about the patriot’s resistance

Americans : YoU cAn'T uSe cHeMiCal wEaPoNs Also Americans: So Long Gay Hiroshima

The Ethiopians actually had modern weapons and equipment supplied by the British since ww1

Can you make a history about Philippine-American war.

Never thought my school would use a Simple History video as a video for us to watch. But that shows how informative your videos are.

When you and Your Army used Chemical weapons to kill millions of soldiers and un-armed people alike... but most of the World only remember you for your "Switch Team" tactic: *LAugh in Italian*

Italian : It's not a chemical weapon, it's just some spicy green air

I just love how he was talking about some serious then just whipped out merch to sell right after

Italy: Go ahead, address the League of Nations. What are they gonna do, un invade you?

Abyssinia: NOo you cant use chemical weapons Italians: Haha gas go whoosh

Invading Abyssinia with my pal @Luigi 👌🍝🇮🇹

Please do invasion of Crete (Greece vs Fallsrimjager) ww2

italy: look at this a fine display of a wide front conquest against an entire nation! Germany: well done *annexes europe in the background*

History is made of shades of gray. England condemned Italy while having a hallway of states from South Africa to Egypt, obtained with violence. Italy did do all those things but also abolished slavery which was rampant in Ethiopia

Good for Ethiopia that Italians never used their ultimate ability... Switching sides

Fun fact: Britain, France, and Belgium sent aid to Ethiopia during the conflict, even going as far as sending advisors to command Ethiopian forces. This and the League conflict greatly affected the Allies relationship with Italy in the upcoming years.

Italy before the gas on the war: troops, tanks, cannons, guns, trucks, bombs, planes Abyssinia: muskets and spears, gg ez

Wow, Abyssinia was more organized than I thought. I believed it was just some tribes that didn’t even have a leader.

:| "we need to invade Abyssinia!" ? "why?" :| >:|

Italy:Guys i have a idea *Italy has left the game*

Abyssinia: Help us! League of Nations: No, I don't think I will.

God bless 🙌 🙏 Ethiopia 🇪🇹 my land

The Roman Empire is like a lion Mussolini’s fascist Italy is a house cat

Do WWII battles fought by the Chinese and Japanese.

1:05 I love that little pause as if the narrator is explaining the insanity of Mussolini’s delusions to someone at the time

Damn I Love this Channel!

Mussolini? A modern Julius Ceaser? Ehhh... lets not crush little Mussolini’s dreams just yet

Italy Before the attack of ethiopia : haha all of this people will be a slave Italy after the attack of ethiopia : germany pick me up im scared

I just want to thank you Simple History guys because you made me look really smart today in my US History college course.

It's almost as if the league had done their jobs we could have avoided a lot. Maybe.

They're lucky Italy didn't go all out spaghet on them

Europe: so Italy, what did you do today? Italy: I conquered an African country! Europe: So? Italy: it was hard okay! I had to use artillery and chemical gas to win. Europe: wow, they must be the most advanced army in the world. Do they have tanks? Italy: no... Europe: planes? Italy: not really... Europe: gas masks? Italy: ... Europe: Good for you... I guess?

If it wasn't for Simple History I never would have heard about this. Thanks

1890s italy 1st try: It was an accident. 1935 Italy: 👁👄👁

League of Nations: are you using chemical weapons on a third world country? Italian: uhmmmm no League of Nations: Then why is the air so spicy

Italo Turkish War (1911-1912)

Not gonna these videos are super interesting and good looking Good job simple history

My childhood is fill with flow song.... Thank you for all your determination that make you as a band that well known today

Can you do a video about the Malayan "Emergency"? 1948-1960 aka Britain's Vietnam

There are some historical misconceptions in the video: 1) Eritrea and Somalia were actually Italian colonies way before mussolini rise to power, both were established before the first world war even even in the end of 1890. 2) the crisis of 1929 had no serious impact in italy since the construction of IRI meant that 40 percent of the industry was owned by the state and therefore the state itself incentivated the economy to grow keeping them open, it wasn't a way to distract people but a way to show off the Italian might since the British were not able to conquer Ethiopia too. Plus the autarchy system that was in use in Italy meant that the sanctions had no serious impact because everything was self produced or imported from allied countries if needed 3) the global argument about biological and chemical warfare established after ww1 did not restricted the possibility to produce and to stock chemical weapons something that bot the allies like Britain, and the German Reich did. The German Reich didn't used them to avoid an attack from the allies in civilians and because Hitler faced the gasses during ww1 and feared their effects. The agreement about chemical weapons stated that they were not to be used as a main offense weapon but as a retaliation one in case of non military personnel fighting and ambushing the enemy army or civilians like it was the case during the libian pacification or the Ethiopian war. Ethiopians and libians captured and skinned alive or removed the scapls of Italian soldiers and civilians, this was a justified use by the international laws, indeed cruel but saw a limited use in the war and it would had no sustainal side effect on the war effort if it wasn't used. Furthermore the idea to use gas on a large scale was put in action by Badoglio even before he could send a request to mussolini itself, a decision took by an incompetent general

Great video

Abyssinian crisis: *happens* League of Nations: imma pretend I didn’t see that.

My grandfather was sent in Ethiopia and there was just one story that he kept telling whenever people asked him. As soon as he arrived at his camp the superior told him and all the new ones that their boots were the most valuable thing they had, they had to take care of them, should have not ruined them, lost them, and most importantly they had to sleep wearing them, because the Ethiopians really liked attacking at night. And that's exactly what happened. He woke up to one of his fellows shouting "The moors are here!" so he grabbed his rifle and was about the get out, but he shared his tent with another soldier that didn't have his boots on, so he sat there watching his back. However, as he heard noise behind him, he turned, and as soon as he saw the Ethiopian open the tent he shot and got him in the chest. He turned to check on his comrade, just to find him dead, one boot on, the other in his hands, his head hanging from his neck almost chopped off and an Ethiopian standing besides him. He was about to lunge at my Grandpa since he wasn't done cycling the bolt yet, but he was killed by another soldier nearby, after a brief fight they repelled the attack. This was the only time he saw combat, he mostly did transport/ logistic, when he came back he drove military trains at first, then civilian ones. He told me the Allies didn't care which was which, so one time his train got attacked by planes and half of it derailed. Luckily there were no people inside, no one got hurt.

From what I remember from another video on the topic Mexico was one of only five member-states to condemn the Italian invasion and occupation of Ethiopia. Because of this, Ethiopia kept its seat in the assembly, and it remained a member. To commemorate Mexico's assistance to Ethiopia during its occupation by Italy; Ethiopia named a center square in Addis Ababa "Mexico Square".

Abyssinia: *wins against Italy in 1896* Mussolini: *reverse uno card*

Nice video.

This is equivalent as a college student going to fight a 1st grade class, and losing

Kingdom of Italy 17. March 1861 - 2. June 1946 🇮🇹

Thank you so much for including Ethiopia in your videos 🙂🥳🥳🥳

" we have lost all objectives" Italia: oh crap *switch side*

Mussolini: "Is there any nation who use Bows and Arrows we can actually invade?" Abyssinia: **Exist** Mussolini: *"It's free Real estate"*

This is one of the most brutal invasions I've ever heard about

Fun fact: the germans actually send a few thousands rifles to the ehtiopians during the Conflict because they were angry with the italians.

Que buen vídeo!

mussalioni: haha ethiopia is gonna lose! hoi4 memer: im abouta end this mans whole carrer

Amazingly informative as usual!

I learn more history by one episode then history at school in a month

Very well made

Even with all their “might” it took Italy gassing and killing innocent villagers to defeat Ethiopia...

hey simple history i really appreciate the content and the level of research you all go for for each video! keep em rollin

We Ethiopians don’t celebrate independence, we celebrate victory ! Ethiopia forever and always 🇪🇹💚💛❤️

If you stare at the abyss long enough, The Italians will invade it.

The comments are 0% about this video 20%asking for more videos 80%about puns and jokes

This just shows you how fierce the ethiopian could be, despite being heavily outdated by a european power with tanks and aircraft.

if you read history, there was a lot of opportunities for Ethiopians to win the war. however, emperor Haile silase ordered just to defend not to attack. the emperor did this because of his belief that the problem will be solved by the league of nations. and the Ethiopian lost their opportunities, and the emperor understands that Europeans are not as genuine as Ethiopian. (not even close)

Italy : Can i take Ethiopia? Nature : Yes but actually, No.

Talk about the Traíra Operation, when FARC communist forces of Colombia invaded Brazil, attacked and army camp and stole the weapons and supplies, and then, the Brazilian Army hunted down the FARCS and within a few hours, the faction was almost entirely dead.

You forgot the part where post ww1, because Italy allied with the entente, France and Britain had promised Ethiopia to italy. So when Italy went to collect, Britain and France reneged.

Good editing

I am Italian,I'm so sorry really 😭😭😭

Maybe if the Italians farmed their generals in north Ethiopia they could’ve won ww2

Wow these videos have gotten great! Keep it up!🙂

I’m 12 years old and I love your vids it helps me in school bc I learn a lot about war history

Can you make a video on the first Italo Ethiopian war?

This invasion is often neglected or quickly summarized whenever WW2 is discussed intelligently. It’s honestly disheartening because the Italian military brutalized the native population; utilizing deadly gas weaponry, relentless bombing campaigns, and superior armored vehicles. Let’s hope that more people discover and preserve this “forgotten piece of history”. 🇪🇹🇮🇹

Plz tell the story of the USS Arthur Middleton WW2

Simplehistory do you think you can make a video regarding the Polish Soviet war 1919-1920? That be awesome. :)

I am Ethiopian, and what happened is our people were brave