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The Italians would attempt to colonize Ethiopia following their invasion of Ethiopia in 1935 which resulted in an Italian victory as the Ethiopian Royal Family and government fled into exile in London. The Italians would attempt to occupy all of Ethiopia but this failed as it was nothing more than a military occupation in which the Italians had control only over the large population centers. Ethiopia would be liberated by Allied forces - British Commonwealth, Free Ethiopian, Free French and Belgian - in 1941 as Haile Selassie was restored in 1941 as the Emperor of Ethiopia alongside his Cabinet which would become the government.

However, what if the Italians had decided to remain neutral and focus on developing their colonial empire instead of becoming involved in yet another European war? What effect would this have on Fascist Italy which remains neutral (until 1944 or 1945) and becomes apart of the Western bloc in the Cold War?
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