Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A cikin 1935, Mussolini ya mamaye Habasha kuma ya kafa Gabashin Afirka ta Italiya, wanda ya haifar da ƙetare na duniya kuma ya haifar da ficewar Italiya daga League of Nations; Italiya ta haɗu da Nazi Jamus da Daular Japan kuma ta goyi bayan Francisco Franco a yakin basasar Spain. A shekara ta 1939, Italiya
sun haɗu da Albania, "a zahiri" mai kariya na shekaru da yawa. Italiya ta shiga Yaƙin Duniya na II a ranar 10 ga Yuni, 1940. Bayan da farko suka ci gaba a cikin Somaliland ta Biritaniya, Misira, Balkans da gabashin gabashin, Italiya ta ci nasara a Gabashin Afirka, Tarayyar Soviet da Arewacin Afirka.