Is it plausible for Rome to simply realize that holding onto the bulk of Ethiopia is becoming impossible and abandon it after establishing a Fascist client state in the region?
No, Mussolini saw Ethiopia as a prize, a new jewel in the Italian Empire (even though it really wasn't worth it). And there were no Ethiopian fascists to install.Is it plausible for Rome to simply realize that holding onto the bulk of Ethiopia is becoming impossible and abandon it after establishing a Fascist client state in the region?
While there might be no Ethiopian Fascists, I can think of a few puppets - Ras Gugsa Haile Selassie and Ras Hailu come to mind.No, Mussolini saw Ethiopia as a prize, a new jewel in the Italian Empire (even though it really wasn't worth it). And there were no Ethiopian fascists to install.
or Iyasu V if he had not conveniently died shortly before the Italians took the place he was held in.While there might be no Ethiopian Fascists, I can think of a few puppets - Ras Gugsa Haile Selassie and Ras Hailu come to mind.
I assume that this Ethiopia wouldn't include the Tigrayan and Somali-populated provinces bordering Eritrea and Somalia - but the main issue is how to get Mussolini to change his mind so how might that occur?or Iyasu V if he had not conveniently died shortly before the Italians took the place he was held in.
But it would require a different Mussolini to give away what he thought was Italy's fair share in the colonial race to a puppet government.
No Italian government will give away Ethiopia so soon after wasting so much blood and money on it's conquest.but the main issue is how to get Mussolini to change his mind so how might that occur?
So then would that require a different Italian government?No Italian government will give away Ethiopia so soon after wasting so much blood and money on it's conquest.
That might see Ethiopia become the same Fascist client state that the OP desired if the details of the Hoare-Laval Plan isn't leaked.the proposal of a partion was advocated by Sir samuel Hoare as part of the stressa front. A Italian alliance with France against Germany
I'm sorry but who is Buchnan?While, I don’t share his politics Buchanan has done the research. The idea was to partition simmilar to Israel and Jordan half to hallie salassie and half to victor emmanual, Ethiopia would be compensated with part of somiland.
No conquest of Ethiopia is require even if Ethiopia is an Italian protectorate, It won't be fascistSo then would that require a different Italian government?
Perhaps. Could you elaborate what you have in mind in regards to “major Franco-British pressure”?Would major Franco-British pressure or the threat of it be enough to limit Italian conquests? In this scenario it sounds like the rump Ethiopia would be a Finlandized state comprised of pre-war Ethiopia - Ogaden and northern areas near Eritrea.