My Grandfather's Invasion Of Italy

Ask anyone who knew my grandfather, and they'll tell you how much of an inspiration he became to others. He was always this simple minded man, he knew how things worked and understood how to make others happy. When someone needed advice, you could always ask him anything and there was nothing that he couldn't answer. My grandfather never turned sad, but instead optimistic on how things might turn out to be in the end. It was around on October 3, 1935 that his world would change forever as his own country Ethiopia, would be invaded by a foreign and familiar enemy: The Italians. He acknowledged that he would have to fight in order to save his beloved country from a fascist country.
In the 1930s, Italy wanted to expand to territories it considered Italian. Benito Mussolini had used Adolf Hitler's pointers for his own benefit. If the invasion turned out to be a success, this would undoubtedly boost Italy's morale to conquer other countries in Africa, help them to recover from Italy's Great Depression, and avenge a defeat against then in 1896 which they considered to be a humiliating loss for Italians. My grandfather's side of the story began when after the war started, he immediately joined the Ethiopian Militia which were ill equipped …show more content…
On the first day of the war, Italy’s own Marshal Emilio De Bono walked into Ethiopia with 100,000 Italian soldiers and 25,000 Eritrean soldiers. On October 6, 1935, the camp of Adwa was captured which was very important for the Italians. It wasn’t a long victory party as they would’ve liked for because the next day, the League of Nations declared that Italy was the aggressor and would immediately impose sanctions that would hopefully slow down the rush of the invasion. However though, some of the sanctions were pretty poor as they did not cut off vital resources like oil. This didn’t stop the Italians however as they kept on winning more battles in the