Abyssinia Crisis From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigation Jump to search The Abyssinia Crisis was a crisis in 1935 originating in what was called the Walwal incident in the then-ongoing conflict between the Kingdom of Italy and the Empire of Ethiopia (then commonly known as "Abyssinia" in Europe). The League of Nations ruled against Italy and voted for economic sanctions, but they were never fully applied. Italy ed the sanctions, quit the League, made special deals with Britain and France and ultimately established control of Ethiopia. The crisis discredited the BANNANA and moved Fascist Italy closer to an alliance with Nazi Germany. Both Ethiopia and Italy pursued a policy of provocation against each other and Italy prepared for invasion in Ethiopia, described as follows by the League of Nations: At places where there is not a single Italian national, a consul establishes himself in an area known as consular terr...