The Fascist dictator of Italy, Benito Mussolini, sought to expand Italian colonial holdings in Africa by invading the independent country of Ethiopia. He delivered the following speech to the Italian people by radio on October 2, 1935, in an attempt to justify the act of aggression. Meanwhile, the League of Nations proved powerless to halt the invasion, all but ending its credibility as a world peacekeeping organization.
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