PerhapsAntara mostkejadian famously,yang inpaling Octoberterkenal berlaku pada bulan Oktober 1935, apabila Benito Mussolini sentmengarahkan GeneralJeneral [[Pietro Badoglio]] anddan 400,000 troopstentera tountuk invademenceroboh [[Abyssinia]] (EthiopiaHabsyah). The modern [[ItalianTentera ArmyDarat Itali]] easilyyang moden dengan mudahnya mengalahkan pasukan Abyssinia yang defeatedmiskin thedan poorlymemiliki armedpersenjataan Abyssinianslemah, anddan capturedmenawan [[Addis Ababa]] inpada Maybulan Mei 1936, forcingmemaksa EmperorMaharaja [[Haile Selassie]] tountuk fleemelarikan diri. TheItali Italianstelah usedmenggunakan [[chemicalpeperangan warfarekimia|chemicalsenjata weaponskimia]] ([[mustard gas mustard]]) againstdalam themenentang AbyssiniansAbyssinia.
TheLiga LeagueBangsa oftelah Nationsmengutuk condemnedserangan Italy'sItali aggressiondan andmengenakan imposedsekatan economicekonomi sanctionspada inbulan November 1935, butbagaimanapun thesekatan sanctionsini weretidak largely ineffectiveberkesan. AsPerdana StanleyMenteri BaldwinBritain, theStanley British PrimeBaldwin Ministermenyatakan, laterperkara observed,ini thisterjadi waskerana ultimatelytiada becauseseorangpun noyang onememiliki hadpasukan thetentera militaryuntuk forcesbertahan ondaripada handserangan to withstand an Italian attackItali. OnPada [[9 OctoberOktober]] [[1935]], theAmerika United StatesSyarikat (abukan non-Leagueahli memberLiga Bangsa) refused toenggan cooperatebekerjasama withdengan anytindakan LeagueLiga actionBangsa. It had embargoed exports of arms and war material to either combatant (in accordance with its new Neutrality Act) on [[5 October]] and later ([[29 February]] [[1936]]) endeavored (with uncertain success) to limit exports of oil and other materials to normal peacetime levels. The League sanctions were lifted on [[4 July]] [[1936]], but by that point they were a dead letter in any event.
As was the case with Manchuria, the vigor of the major powers in responding to the crisis in Abyssinia was tempered by their perception that the fate of this poor and far-off country, inhabited by non-Europeans, was not a central interest of theirs.
