League of Nations sanctions on Italy

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The League of Nations sanctions on Italy were punitive economic and diplomatic measures imposed in response to Italy’s 1935–1936 invasion of Ethiopia, which isolated the country internationally and helped drive Mussolini’s regime toward greater economic self-sufficiency and alignment with Nazi Germany.

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Label Occurrences
League of Nations sanctions on Italy canonical 1

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf diplomatic sanctions ⓘ
economic sanctions ⓘ
international sanctions regime ⓘ
alsoKnownAs sanctions against Italy over the Abyssinia Crisis ⓘ
appliesToEvent Second Italo-Ethiopian War ⓘ
appliesToGovernment Benito Mussolini government ⓘ
appliesToLeader Benito Mussolini ⓘ
appliesToTerritory Ethiopia ⓘ
Italian Empire ⓘ
criticizedFor inconsistent enforcement ⓘ
ineffectiveness ⓘ
limited scope ⓘ
effect contributed to the formation of the Rome–Berlin Axis ⓘ
encouraged Italian economic autarky ⓘ
failed to stop Italian conquest of Ethiopia ⓘ
international isolation of Italy ⓘ
pushed Mussolini regime toward closer ties with Nazi Germany ⓘ
undermined Italian confidence in the League of Nations ⓘ
weakened credibility of collective security ⓘ
endTime 1936 ⓘ
excludedMeasure closure of the Suez Canal to Italian shipping ⓘ
oil embargo ⓘ
followedBy gradual lifting of sanctions in 1936 ⓘ
historicalContext Abyssinia Crisis ⓘ
interwar period ⓘ
imposedBy League of Nations ⓘ
imposedOn Kingdom of Italy ⓘ
includedMeasure arms embargo on Italy ⓘ
ban on certain exports to Italy ⓘ
ban on certain imports from Italy ⓘ
financial sanctions against Italy ⓘ
prohibition of arms exports to Italy ⓘ
prohibition of loans and credits to Italy ⓘ
influenced later debates on economic sanctions and collective security ⓘ
legalBasis Article 16 of the Covenant of the League of Nations ⓘ
League of Nations Covenant ⓘ
opposedBy Austria ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
Hungary ⓘ
partiallyViolatedBy France ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
other League of Nations members ⓘ
precededBy League of Nations condemnation of Italian aggression ⓘ
reason Italian invasion of Ethiopia ⓘ
startTime 1935 ⓘ
supportedBy France ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
many League of Nations member states ⓘ

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Mussolini’s autarky campaigns → intensifiedAfter → League of Nations sanctions on Italy ⓘ