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How did the Abyssinian Crisis give Hitler cause to smile?. 1935-36. A British Cartoon from 1936. What is shown on the newsreel? Who is leading the parade (the clue is in the voiceover which mentions ‘Il Duce’)? How do the Abyssinians react to the newsreel?
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How did the Abyssinian Crisis give Hitler cause to smile? 1935-36
What is shown on the newsreel? Who is leading the parade (the clue is in the voiceover which mentions ‘Il Duce’)? How do the Abyssinians react to the newsreel? Do you think their reaction is genuine? This source is part of an Italian documentary of the conquest of Abyssinia. Why might this scene have been filmed? Who watches the watchers?
Task • Arrange the story in the correct order and then complete your storyboard of the events
What is Mussolini letting loose? Why might the British people think this? In what ways did the Abyssinian crisis destroy the credibility of the League of Nations? What international events involving Hitler or Mussolini occurred after 1935? The man who took the lid off’, a cartoon by David Low, 4 October 1935