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{{otheruses|Kingdom of Italy}}
{{Infobox Former Country
|native_name = ''Regno d'Italia''
|conventional_long_name = Kingdom of Italy
|common_name = Italy
|continent = Europe
|region    = Italy
|country   = Italy
(contracted; show full)ld an [[Italian Empire]] in Africa, and reclaiming dominance on the [[Adriatic Sea]] by considering [[Dalmatia]], [[Albania]] and [[Greece]] as potential war zones for colonization. Italy was at the height of her international prestige and power by the mid-1930s, with Mussolini in alliance with France and Britain against aggression by [[Adolf Hitler]]'s [[Nazi Germany]]. Mussolini believed that Italy should take advantage of the strategic alliance and invade long-wanted Ethiopia to make it a colony.


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Colonial efforts in Africa began with negotiations with the British governments on expanding the borders of the colony of Libya. The first negotiations began in 1925, over defining the border between Libya and British-held [[Egypt]], which resulted in Italy gaining previously undefined territory. In 1934, once again the Italian government requested more territory for Libya from British-held [[Sudan]]. With good relations between the governments at this time, Britain allowed Italy to gain some territory from Sudan to add to Libya.⏎
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[[Image:Italians in ethiopia 1935.JPG|right|thumb|200px|Italian soldiers on the front lines in the [[Second Italo-Abyssinian War]]]] 
Colonial efforts beganchanged drastically in 1935, with the Second Italo-Ethiopian War (also called the Second Italo-Abyssinian War) (October 1935 - May 1936). Italy invaded the [[Ethiopian Empire]] from the Italian colonies of [[Eritrea]] and [[Somalia]]. The native Ethiopians stood no chance at defeating the Italian Army, most of their warriors were still armed with spears and wooden shields.  Italy committed a number of atrocities against Ethiopians during the war including the use of aircraft to drop [[poison gas]] on the defending Ethiopian warriors. (contracted; show full)
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