second italo-ethiopian war

The last Eithiopian monarch, Haile Selassie (birth name Tafari Makonnen), was mired in political intrigue and turmoil long before he took the throne, having become regent of the empire in 1916. Despite running most day to day affairs during this time, however, his ability to enact any meaningful...

The first PoD for this scenario is the slight Tory victory in 1929 election which leads to the ouster of Macdonald of Labour leadership and his replacement by radical-pacifist left-winger George Lansbury ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Lansbury ). In 1933-1934 Labour wins and he becomes...

Tafari Makonnen, then Regent of Ethiopia and heir to the throne, briefly contracted the Spanish Flu, but survived and would eventually become emperor in 1930 after the death of empress Zewditu. WI Zewditu fell ill with the flu and died in 1918, thus putting Haile Selassie on the Ethiopian...

The Battle of Maychew was a major battle which consisted of a failed counterattack by the forces of Emperor Haile Selassie against Pietro Badoglio around March 31st, 1936. The battle almost assured Italian victory, and resulted in the destruction of Haile Selassie's army in the north. Badoglio...

Like it says on the tin. Can Ethiopia defeat Italy's second attempt to conquer it and get out of the war with its territory intact? What kind of POD would be needed for this, and how early would it have to be for there to be a major difference? Could Mussolini, from let's say 1930 onward...

Jeff Pearce, in his book (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1510718656/) about the Second Italo-Ethopian War wrote: This was not true in the Ethiopian war. Fewer than 200 volunteers would be able to make it to Ethiopia in OTL. But… what if there was a timeline in which this was not true...

One day I started to think about the two world wars. Mainly World war 1. So when I was on the page, I saw the thread of "What if the American civil war turned into a world war?" And that really got me interested in alternate world wars. Earlier or later than it's specific timeline. I'm mainly...

The idea here is Ethiopia does much better (With more support), and the Italians does worst, in turn inflict a strategic stalemate on the Italians long enough to force Italy at the negotiating table, (With the UK and France siding with the Ethiopians.) Italy is force to withdraw from Ethiopia...