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| 1936 |
| | | On the death of his father, Fuad I, the 16-year-old Farouk becomes king of Egypt | |
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| 1936 |
| | | The Italian forces invading Ethiopia reach Addis Ababa, and Haile Selassie flees into exile | |
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| 1936 |
| | | A rebellion by Spanish troops in Morocco is soon led by Francisco Franco and sparks the Spanish Civil War | |
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| 1937 |
| | | Danish author Karen Blixen publishes her autobiographical novel Out of Africa | |
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| 1939 September 4 |
| | | Jan Smuts defeats J.B.M. Hertzog in a vote on neutrality, and takes Hertzog's place as South African premier | |
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| 1939 September 4 |
| | | Jan Smuts brings South Africa into the war in support of Britain | |
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| 1940 July 3 |
| | | British warships bombard the French fleet in harbour at Mers-el-Kébir, in Algeria, killing more than 1250 sailors | |
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| 1941 January 22 |
| | | Archibald Wavell's Allied divisions, after a rapid desert campaign, drive the Italians from the Libyan port of Tobruk | |
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| 1941 February 3 |
| | | Adolf Hitler sends Erwin Rommel to save the Italians from looming disaster in north Africa | |
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| 1941 April 6 |
| | | The Allies recover Ethiopia from the Italians and Haile Selassie returns to his throne in Addis Ababa | |
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