the abyssinia crisis happened in 1935. it started with the walwal incident, a conflict between the kingdom of italy and the empire of ethiopia (then commonly known as "abyssinia"). the league of nations said italy could not intervene and voted to punish italy's economy. but the league did not follow through, and italy quit the league, made special deals with britain and france and invaded abyssinia. the crisis made the league look bad, and made fascist italy closer friends with nazi germany.