Hurumende yechiFascist iyo yakauya kuzvitonga naBenito Mussolini muna 1922 yakatsvaka kuwedzera ukuru hweumambo hweItaly uye kugutsa zvirevo zvevaIrredentist veItaly. Muna 1935<unk>36, mukupinda kwechipiri muEthiopia Italy yakabudirira uye yakabatanidza kukunda kwayo kutsva nemakoroni ayo ekare eEast Africa. Muna 1939, Italy yakapinda muAlbania
uye akabatanidza muhurumende yechiFascist. Munguva yeHondo Yenyika Yechipiri (1939<unk>45), Italy yakaumba mubatanidzwa weaxis neJapan neGermany ndokutora nzvimbo dzinoverengeka (dzakadai sezvikamu zveFrance, Greece, Egypt neTunisia) asi yakamanikidzwa murunyararo rwekupedzisira kusiya zvese zvayo.