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Why do you think Italy chose to invade Ethiopia ?

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The aim of invading Ethiopia was to boost Italian national prestige, which was wounded by Ethiopia's defeat of Italian forces at the Battle of Adowa in the nineteenth century (1896), which saved Ethiopia from Italian colonisation.

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They probably had many resources that in Italy they did not have such as precious stone and/or gold

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