Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Muna 1935, Mussolini akapinda muEthiopia ndokuvamba East Africa yeItaly, zvichiguma nokuparadzaniswa nenyika dzakawanda uye zvichitungamirira kukubviswa kweItaly muLeague of Nations; Italy yakabatana neNazi Germany neHumambo hweJapan uye yakatsigira zvakasimba Francisco Franco muhondo yevagari vomuSpain. Muna 1939, Italy yakabatanidza Albania
, "de facto" kudzivirirwa kwemakumi emakore. Italy yakapinda muHondo Yenyika II musi wa10 June 1940. Pashure pokutanga kufambira mberi muBritish Somaliland, Egypt, Balkan uye kumabvazuva, vaItaly vakakundwa muEast Africa, Soviet Union neNorth Africa.