Consequences of the Abyssinian Crisis

The Abyssinian Crisis was over in 1936. Italy and Mussolini continually ignored the League of Nations and fully annexed Abyssinia on May 9th 1936. The League of Nations was shown to be ineffective.

The League had not stood up against one of the strongest members and fulfilled the promise of collective security. The Abyssinian Crisis together with the Manchurian Crisis showed that the League would not stand up against those countries who wished to push the boundaries. Both instances of failure were watched by Hitler in particular who saw that the League of Nations would not stand up to him. Hitler would sign the Rome-Berlin Axis in November 1936, in which Hitler and Mussolini agreed to work together.

In all, the League of Nations had been shown to be a failure, and both Britain and France had been embarrassed on the world stage. They had also managed to lose Italy as a partner against Hitler.