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 | | Perhaps most famously, in October 1935, Benito Mussolini sent General Pietro Badoglio and 400,000 troops to invade Abyssinia. |
 | | The Italians used chemical weapons (mustard gas) against the Abyssinians. |
 | | The League of Nations condemned Italy's aggression and imposed economic sanctions in November 1935, but the sanctions were largely ineffective, as the United States (a non-League member) continued to sell oil to Italy. |
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