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Hoare–Laval Pact (1935)
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Dec 1935 — In Paris, the British and French foreign ministers secretly offer Mussolini two-thirds of Abyssinia. The plan leaks; both men fall; the League’s two pillars stand exposed.
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- Italian invasion of Abyssinia (chapter 4 of Road to WW2)
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- The Road to War, 1931–1941
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