Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1935 Mussolini akasarudza kupinda muEthiopia; vaItaly 2.313 navaEthiopia 275.000 vakafa. Hondo yechipiri yeItaly neEthiopia yakaguma nokuzviparadzanisa kwenyika yose kweItaly, sezvo France neBritain zvakakurumidza kusiya kuvimba kwavo naMussolini. Rudzi bedzi rwakatsigira kurwisa kweItaly rwaiva Germany yeNazi. Pashure pokurangwa neSangano Renyika Dzakabatana, Italy yakasarudza kusiya Sangano racho musi wa11 December 1937 uye Mussolini akashora Sangano reMarudzi se"temberi inodedera" bedzi. Panguva ino, Mussolini akanga asina zvimwe zvaaigona kuita kunze kwokubatana naHitler mune zvematongerwe enyika, nokudaro akasiya nokutadza kutsigira kuzvimirira kweAustria. Hitler akapfuurira ne"Anschluss", kubatanidzwa kweAustria, muna 1938. Mussolini gare gare akatsigira zvirevo zveGermany paSudetenland, ruwa rweCzechoslovakia runogarwa zvikurukuru navaGermany, paMusangano weMunich. Muna 1938, pasi pokupesvedzera kwaHitler, Mussolini akatsigira kugamuchirwa kwemitemo yerudzi inorwisana nevaJudha muItaly. Pashure pokunge Germany yabatanidza Czechoslovakia muna March 1939, Mussolini akasarudza kutora Albania kuti arege kuva nhengo yechipiri yeAxis. Musi wa7 April 1939, Italy yakapinda muAlbania
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