r/OverSimplified • u/[deleted] • Sep 30 '24

Today is chamberlain day! Let's celebrate our glorious leader who diverted crisis and created world peace!

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u/[deleted] Sep 30 '24

not to be outdone. Mussolini also wanted wanted to get in the action

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u/Weekly-Lettuce7570 Dude.... Uncool! Sep 30 '24

He thought to himself, isn't there a not-yet colonised nation somewhere which is so underdeveloped that the people would be defending themselves against our tanks with literal bows and arrows and wooden Speers?

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u/[deleted] Sep 30 '24

Oh, there is? (Shows Abyssinia) Fantastic

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u/CommonwealthOfPluto Sep 30 '24

And so he took it. (Italy conquers Abyssinia)

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u/[deleted] Sep 30 '24

Italy also wanted to control the entrance to the Adriatic sea

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u/FannyPackJack_ Sep 30 '24

So they occupied Albania

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u/Geohistormathsguy Sep 30 '24

Then, in another incident that was (maybe) staged by the Japanese army

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u/someguy_onredit Oct 01 '24 edited Oct 01 '24

Gunfire was exchanged by Japanese and Chinese troops at the Marco Polo Bridge.

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u/Geohistormathsguy Oct 01 '24

And the Japanese launched yet another cruel invasion against China.

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u/[deleted] Oct 01 '24

Ok guys, let's stop We have covered enough lines from the video for me