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Turning point · The Road to War, 1931–1941
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5 Dec 1934 — Italian and Ethiopian troops clash at a watering hole deep inside Ethiopia’s Ogaden, where Italy had quietly built a fort. Mussolini has his pretext a year before he needs it.
This is one scene of Chapter 4 — Abyssinia: The League Dies in Africa in The Road to War, 1931–1941.
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