1(b) Explain why the League of Nations failed to deal successfully with the Abyssinian crises of 1935-36 The Abyssinian crisis was arguably the final nail in the coffin of the League. It happened in December 1934 when there was a border dispute between Italian and Ethiopian troops at the Wal-Wal oasis inside Abyssinia. The Italian dictator Mussolini saw this as a perfect opportunity to expand Italy’s empire and began to claim that the land did indeed belong to Italy. He had Italy’s armed forces
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