Post by Diarist on Jan 8, 2017 12:41:03 GMT 1
Italian warplanes bombed a Swedish Red Cross field hospital in southern Ethiopia, killing 42. The bombing greatly angered Sweden and led to a diplomatic row with Italy.
Ethiopia protested to the League of Nations that Italy had used chemical weapons in violation of the Geneva Convention.
Source: "Italians Bomb Red Cross Unit; Kill 9 Swedes". Chicago Daily Tribune. January 1, 1936. p. 21.
Ethiopia protested to the League of Nations that Italy had used chemical weapons in violation of the Geneva Convention.
Source: "Italians Bomb Red Cross Unit; Kill 9 Swedes". Chicago Daily Tribune. January 1, 1936. p. 21.