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1936(Jan 2) Plain postcard to Gravenhage bearing Ethiopia 1g & 2g tied Addis Abeba cds & with red circular Nederl. Roode Kruis /Hofdbestuur hand stamp & on reverse signed by members of the Nederlands Red Cross Ambulance to Ethiopia …………………………………………….
Without any declaration of war Mussolini’s troops invaded Ethiopia on 3 Oct 1935 & with modern weapons & aircraft against primative resistance Addis Ababa was captured 5 May 1936. Heile Selassie had fled & despite pleading for help from the League of Nations Italy had already named it’s king “Emperor of Ethiopia” annexed the country, united it with Eritrea & Italian Somaliland to form Italian East Africa resulting in various forms of Foreign Medical Aid going to assist