Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa falls to Italian invaders 90 years ago this hour (May 5 1936)


Video: 'Italian Troops Enter Addis Ababa (1936)'

(Tuesday, May 5, 1936, 4:00 p.m. EAT; during the March of the Iron Will, part of the Second Italo-Ethiopian War) — Ethiopia’s era of independence, which had lasted since biblical times, ended this afternoon when the Italians occupied Addis Ababa.