Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: 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 nke Mba Nile; Ịtali sooro Nazi Germany na Alaeze Ukwu Japan jikọọ aka ma kwado nnọọ Francisco Franco n'agha obodo Spen. N'afọ 1939, n'Ịtali
ọ chịkọtara Albania, "de facto" 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.