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May 5, 1936
On May 5, 1936, italian troops occupy Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Wilfried Martens, Robert F. Overmyer, Bert Sugar would arrive in the same year.
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Featured · May 5, 1936
Italian troops occupy Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
The March of the Iron Will was an Italian offensive occurring from 26 April to 5 May 1936, during the final days of the Second Italo-Ethiopian War. Its goal was to capture the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, in a show of force for Fascist propaganda. An Italian mechanized column under the command of Pietro Badoglio, Marshal of Italy, advanced from the town of Dessie to take Addis Ababa.
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The year in brief
1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1936th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 936th year of the 2nd millennium, the 36th year of the 20th century, and the 7th year of the 1930s decade.
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On May 5, 1936
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1936 Italian troops occupy Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. 1936 Italian advance on Addis Ababa
The March of the Iron Will was an Italian offensive occurring from 26 April to 5 May 1936, during the final days of the Second Italo-Ethiopian War. Its goal was to capture the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, in a show of force for Fascist propaganda. An Italian mechanized column under the command of Pietro Badoglio, Marshal of Italy, advanced from the town of Dessie to take Addis Ababa.
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Other moments from 1936
- April 15 First day of the Arab revolt in Mandatory Palestine.
- April 19 The Jaffa riots commence, initiating the 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine.
- April 27 The United Auto Workers (UAW) gains autonomy from the American Federation of Labor.
- April 3 Bruno Richard Hauptmann is executed for the kidnapping and death of Charles Augustus Lindbergh Jr., the infant son of pilot Charles Lindbergh.
- April 5 Tupelo–Gainesville tornado outbreak: An F5 tornado kills 233 in Tupelo, Mississippi.
- April 6 Tupelo–Gainesville tornado outbreak: Another tornado from the same storm system as the Tupelo tornado hits Gainesville, Georgia, killing 203.
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