If I had to explain, during the First Italo-Ethiopian War, the Empire of Italy had hoped Ethiopia was just a simple band of tribes.
Ethiopia was one of the few African states that wasn't colonized by Europeans, and it had a very long history, they even partook in the Crusades. However, the only country that recognized Ethiopia was the Russian Empire because both groups were Orthodox Christians.
Emperor Menelik II called for aid from Russia, and the Empire funded them with weapons far more advanced than the Italian military was using.
That, plus superior numbers and incompetence from the Italian military, allowed Menelik to lead a major victory against the Italians. Ethiopia was the only African country to repel colonial forces during the Scramble for Africa.
Fascist Italy colonized Ethiopia, but this occupation didn't last long as WW2 led to the Axis defeat.
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Come on another one. These are so lazy
I didn’t know that Ruby Rose was Italian. lol
Petition to ban anime in this sub when?
Damn blocked the original guy but apparently the sickness is spreading.
Italian empire really sounds like a bad parody, like bulgarian empire or smth
Edit: HOLY SHIT I NEVER KNEW THERE’S AN ACTUAL BULGARIAN EMPIRE (more like a kingdom tho, not really an empire)
I keep blocking them, but there are just more
Btw this defeat pissed the italians off so bad that when we went to ethiopia again for round two we didnt shy away from using chemical weapons, indiscriminate bombings (including bombing red cross hospitals) and terror tactics to achieve “victory”
As graziani said “italy will have ethiopia with or without ethiopians”
Also fun fact: rodolfo graziani only spent 4 months (of a 20 years sentence mind you) in jail despite being one of the most loyal and brutal generals of the fascist regime, as if this wasnt enough of a joke he also became president of the far right italian social party
I once heard the “Italian Empire” described as the “insane 4-Chan parody” of the Roman Empire.
I think you are the third guy to join the cause.
And here I just blocked the other guy.
It took 3000 posts but at last someone other than that guy made a RWBY meme.
Gentlemen and ladies, here is us witnessing the slow death of the sub, buried under a pile of RWBY memes that no one asked for.
dogshit sub
This sub should be called AgendaMemes.
And they still lost lmao
God damn it please stop with these slop ruby memes, blocked the original slop spammer and now gotta deal with it spreading smh