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35: The Second Italo-Ethiopian War Pt. 2 - Resolution

History of the Second World War

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The British Navy and the Mediterranean Crisis

British leaders were constantly pulled closer to war with Italy, writes Andrew Hammond. In retrospect it seems very unlikely that a war would have started under any circumstances at this stage in history," he says. By 1935 the British were in the early stages of a rearmament program aimed at facing threats no earlier than the end of the 1930s. Regardless of British policy, an Ethiopia the fighting continued until it eventually reached its conclusion in early 1936.

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