Mussolini, Mustard Gas and the Fascist Way of War: Ethiopia, 1935-1936

by Charles Stephenson

An examination of the first conflict to see the large-scale, systematic, deployment of chemical weaponry since the end of World War I.

In early October 1935 and without any declaration of war some two hundred thousand men, comprising soldiers and airmen of the Italian armed forces, Fascist 'Blackshirt' Militia, Eritrean ascari and Somali dubats, invaded the independent state of Ethiopia (Abyssinia). It was an operation entirely of choice,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1399051660
• ISBN13: 9781399051668
• Release Date: April 2024
• Publisher: Pen & Sword Military
• Length: 224 Pages