N'afọ 1935, Mussolini wakporo Etiopia ma guzobe Ọwụwa Anyanwụ Afrịka nke Ịtali, nke mere ka mba ụwa kewapụ onwe ha ma mee ka Ịtali hapụ Njikọ Mba Nile; Ịtali jikọrọ aka na Nazi Germany na Alaeze Ukwu Japan ma kwado Francisco Franco n'agha obodo Spanish. N'afọ 1939, Ịtali chịwara Albenia
, "de facto" onye nchebe ruo ọtụtụ iri afọ. Ịtali banyere Agha Ụwa nke Abụọ na 10 June 1940. Mgbe ndị mbido ndị Itali gara n'ihu na British Somaliland, Egypt, Balkans na mpaghara ọwụwa anyanwụ, ndị Itali meriri n'Ebe Ọwụwa Anyanwụ Africa, Soviet Union na North Africa.