Abyssinia Crisis Abyssinia to Mussolini, so his troops were able to continue their war relatively unchallenged by the rest of Europe. Haile Selassie was forced into exile on 2 May. All the sanctions that had been put in place by the League were dropped after the Italian capture of the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa on the 5th of May 1936. Ethiopia was then merged with the other Italian colonies to become Italian East Africa ("Africa Orientale Italiana", or AOI). Ethiopia never officially surrendered, and pleaded for help from foreign nations, such as Haile Selassie's . As a result, there were six
Abyssinia, Henry the "Family Guy" episode "Fifteen Minutes of Shame" when a cutaway shows Brian Griffin saying to the rest of the family, "I have an announcement. Meg Griffin's plane was shot down over the Sea of Japan. It spun in. There were no survivors." In 1997, "TV Guide" included this episode in their list of the "100 Greatest Episodes of All Time," ranking it #20. In 2005, TV Land included this episode as part of its "Top 100 Most Unexpected Moments in TV History", ranking it #15. While "Abyssinia, Henry" is well known for the departure of McLean Stevenson from the