Walwal to the World: Ethiopia, Empire, Abandoned Principles

How Italy’s strategic ambitions led to an end to the League of Nations and paved the way for World War II, the Cold War, and, indeed, the world of the 2020s.

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The Italian fort of Ual-Ual (Walwal) / Wikipedia
The Italian fort of Ual-Ual (Walwal)

Ninety-one years ago, on December 5, 1934, a skirmish erupted at Walwal, a small oasis in south-eastern Ethiopia.

What appeared to be a minor frontier dispute would become the spark for an international crisis, one that not only marked the beginning of the fascist invasion of Ethiopia but also signaled the catastrophic failure of the League of Nations and the unraveling of the international order born from the ashes of World War I.

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content 1 What appeared to be a minor frontier dispute would become the spark for an international crisis, one that not only marked the beginning of the fascist invasion of Ethiopia but also signaled the catastrophic failure of the League of Nations and the unraveling of the international order born from the ashes of World War I.

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