they were able to successfully fend off an Italian attack at the battle of Adowa, making them only one of two African nations able to resist colonial rule. That freedom lasted until 1936, when they were briefly subject to Italian rule through World War II. The battle of Adowa began in 1896, after Italy was awarded Eritrea and Ethiopia at the Berlin conference. Italy had already successfully colonized Eritrea, and were preparing to do the same to Ethiopia. An Italian offensive was organized under
of Adwa. Unfortunately, when the Italians invaded a second time in 1935, the Ethiopians were not so successful. How come the Ethiopians were defeated when not 50 years earlier they were victorious? Was the advance in technology to much for the Ethiopians to combat or was it the lack of good leadership that they once had in the years leading up to the second invasion. I believe that due to the lack of good leadership before and during the second Italian invasion attributed to the defeat of Ethiopia
the setting of Evelyn Waugh’s first satirical novels, among which was the Vile Bodies. Waugh, an author mostly known for his highly satirical fiction, published his novel Vile Bodies in 1930 right in the middle of the time-period between the Great Wars. Because of the historical evens that occupied England at that time, much of British Literature of the late 1920’s and early 1930’s was concerned with the Modernist movement, which was occupied with the idea of individualism of the young generation
Reasons for the Failure of the League of Nations Although there is dispute about whether the League was a success in the 1920's, it is generally agreed that it was a failure in the 30's. In 1929, the Wall Street Crash started a long depression that quickly led to economic problems throughout the world, damaging trade and industry of all countries. It led to negatively affecting the relations between countries. Im 1931, the first major test for the League came about with the Japanese
simply because it faced greater challenges than it had faced in the 1920's.' The League of Nations was formed in 1919 just after the First World War. It was the initial idea of Woodrow Wilson, the president of the USA, and was formed as an international police force to keep the peace and to make sure such world atrocities like the First World War never happened again. When the league first started everyone had different ideas of what organisation it should be and what aims it should have
threat to the unity of the state. Mussolini, operating as the dictator of Italy, answered to no one. His excess power led him to directly and indirectly commit many immoral acts. He was responsible for several war crimes committed against the Ethiopians during the second Italo-Abyssinian war, as well as the subjugation and indoctrination of his own people through the use of propaganda. In Mussolini’s Italy, the individual was at the very bottom of the totem pole of priority--one of the main aspects