Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Muna 1935, Mussolini akapinda muEthiopia ndokuvamba East Africa yeItaly, kuchiguma nokusawirirana kwamarudzi ose uye kutungamirira kukubviswa kweItaly muLeague of Nations; Italy yakabatana neNazi Germany neHumambo hweJapan uye yakatsigira zvakasimba Francisco Franco muhondo yavagari vomuSpain. Muna 1939, kuItaly
yakabatanidza Albania, "de facto" inodzivirira 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.