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Speaking of Ethiopia in Africa, I think everyone thinks of poor, cowardly, groups of black-faced, hungry and thin children. In Africa, a land baked by the sun, there are thirty-three least developed countries in the world, accounting for more than seventy percent of the world. In recent history, not all countries in Africa have been weak and deceived, and one country has repeatedly engaged Italy in short arms and received 10 million lira reparations from Italy, which is Ethiopia.
Historical background
Today we will talk about Ethiopia's brilliant record that year. As we all know, in recent history, Western bandits have regarded any country weaker than them as fat meat in their mouths, and there are few colonies overseas, and they cannot lift their heads to participate in world diplomacy. It was in this context that Africa, Latin America, and most asian countries suffered the humiliation of western bandits, constantly being bullied, plundered, and even colonized. After independence in 1871, Italy's plundering and exploitation of Africa was already on the verge of being moved.
The First War
In 1884, the major European countries held the Berlin Conference, which was a meeting to discuss how to divide Africa. This is the history of the West and its dirty "civilization", and now one of the best gimmicks in the West is the racial superiority or inferiority, from 1885 to 1900, in the 15 years, the proportion of African land occupied by European countries has risen from twenty-five percent to ninety percent, and it can be said that the vast majority of African people live in dire straits. Italy, which had just gained a foothold, set its sights on Ethiopia, and in the first round of the engagement, the Italian army was strongly resisted by Ethiopia, because the Italian army was limited in number and could not swallow the great Ethiopia, so the two sides entered negotiations, and finally the two countries ceased fire, Ethiopia ceded the port of Masawa to Italy, and Italy recognized Ethiopia's existence.
Second War
In recent history, the law of the jungle has been the prey, and oral and written confessions have been short-lived lies. Ten years after recuperating, Italy launched another war in 1895, with Ethiopia facing Italy's 30,000 troops with 100,000 troops, and finally Ethiopia annihilated 17,000 Italians on the spot, defeating Italy in one fell swoop. Defeated, Italy was forced to sign a contract with Ethiopia recognizing its independence and sovereignty and paying Ethiopia 10 million lire. The war halted Italy's aggressive ambitions for nearly three decades.
The Third War
By the time of World War II, When Germany was allied with Italy, Italy felt that it had a backing, and in December 1934, it wanted to attack Ethiopia again, in order to fulfill the wishes of half a century ago. In an era of world chaos, Ethiopia's struggle against aggression ultimately failed.
In October 1935, Italy concentrated 400,000 troops, 100,000 mules, 20,000 vehicles, 1,200 cannons, 300 tanks and 500 aircraft. In order to gnaw this hard bone, Italy used almost all the strategic materials and weapons reserves in stock at that time, and at the same time, in order to ensure victory, the Italian army also used a large number of biological and chemical weapons such as mustard gas, which would cause serious ulceration of human tissue after contact with the skin, which was extremely useful for the Ethiopian army, which lacked clothing and a large number of barefoot. On May 5, 1936, Italian troops occupied the Ethiopian capital, and Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia was forced into exile. Italy can finally fulfill the wish of half a century ago, sucking the sweat and blood of the Ethiopian people like a hungry wolf.
Occupation of Ethiopia
However, everything did not go as Italy had hoped. After the occupation of Ethiopia, the Italians found that they had spent so much military money, used so much manpower and material resources to fight down, and there was nothing to plunder. There are no minerals, and because of the devastation of the war, Ethiopia has no self-sufficient food. In Ethiopia, because of the muddy roads, it is impossible to transport minerals out. So in the five years from 1936 to 1941, Italy invested a total of 24 billion lira in the construction of Ethiopia, including road construction, oil mills, flour mills, wood processing plants, textile factories and cement production plants, as well as power stations. And because of Ethiopia's low level of education and low labor efficiency, Italy had to build schools, and at the same time, Ethiopians continued to resist and set up a large number of guerrillas, and Italy's colonization in Ethiopia could be described as unstable. In the late second period of World War II, the Italian army was met with a head-on attack by the Ethiopian army, killing a total of 275,000 people and wounding 500,000, and finally The Italian army had to be forced to withdraw from Ethiopia. So far, the huge investment of the Italians in Ethiopia has all been lost.
epilogue
In the struggle between Ethiopia and Italy in recent history, we have seen a contest between good and evil, and even in the colonial period when the Jackal was the way, we still saw the dawn of justice and the power of the people on this earth!