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League sanctions on Italy (1935–36)

On the Road to WW2 map as “Sanctions without teeth”

Oct 1935–Jul 1936 — The League brands Italy the aggressor and votes sanctions — but exempts oil and leaves Suez open. Fifty nations act; none of it stops a single column.

When
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Turning point
Chapter
Italian invasion of Abyssinia (chapter 4 of Road to WW2)
Atlas
The Road to War, 1931–1941
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Map showing League sanctions on Italy (1935–36), turning point in The Road to War, 1931–1941
TURNING POINT · THE ROAD TO WAR, 1931–1941

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