began in 1884, when the Italian government Rubattino bought by the owner, the Port of Assab (Eritrea) on the Red Sea. At the same time Italy was given permission by the British to occupy Massawa, at that time occupied by a small garrison of the Egyptians. In 1885, our first soldiers, a battalion of sharpshooters arrived in Africa. Italy began to consolidate his first small estate occupying the hinterland of Massawa, but was opposed by the Ethiopian warriors Negus Giovanni ed il 27 gennaio 1887 diecimila etiopici massacrarono 500 nostri soldati presso Dogali. Verso la fine dell'anno il primo ministro Crispi inviò a Massaua 20mila uomini sotto il comando del generale Baldissera che riuscì senza trovare grandi resistenze ad occupare Asmara e Cheren. Nel frattempo venne creato il Corpo degli Ascari eritrei, fedeli soldati che combatteranno valorosamente a fianco delle nostre truppe sino al 1942, quando l'Italia perderà tutte le colonie. Nel 1890, tutti i territori occupati dall'Italia presero il nome di colonia Eritrea. Nel 1894-95 ripresero le ostilità e vi furono le vittorie di Agordat e Cassala, ma nel 1896 avvenne la bruciante sconfitta di Adua, dove 12mila italiani e 4mila ascari, comandati dal generale Barattieri were annihilated by high losses of about 100 thousand Ethiopians. Nell'Eritrea Italians built new neighborhoods, roads, bridges and rail Asmara-Massawa. In this colony in 1905 also joined the Somalia was divided into three zones, were also in addition to our French and English. In 1911 began the war for the conquest of Libya, was prime minister Giolitti. Libya was under turkish control and there was a fierce guerrilla war they fomented. The Italian troops were able, however, in a short time to conquer Tripoli and Benghazi, and within the country, the guerrillas continued for several years. Libya had a major economic boost in the governor Italo Balbo (1934-40) who endowed it with a lot of infrastructure, among which the most important was the Via Balbi, the coastal road which connects it to Tunisia and Egypt, and the length is 1800 kilometers. The last colonial conquest was Ethiopia. The war began October 3, 1935 and ended May 5, 1936, with the entry of Italian troops, commanded by Marshal Badoglio, in the capital Addis Ababa. Mussolini announced to all Italians, from the balcony of Palazzo Venezia, the conquest of the last colony. In addition to Libya, was created by the conquest of Ethiopia, Italian East Africa. After a few years everything was lost with the defeat of Italy in the Second World War (1939-45).
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