A summit meeting 11-14 Apr 1935 between the
prime ministers of Britain, France, and Italy
(James MacDonald, Pierre Flandin, and Benito
Mussolini) with the aim of forming a common
front against Germany. This followed Adolf
Hitler's announcement that Germany would not
be bound by the limitations imposed upon its
armaments by the Versailles Treaty of June
1919. The `Front' soon broke up: in Oct 1935
Italy was severely criticized for launching
an Abyssinian War 1935-36 to establish an
East African Italian Empire, and on 2 Nov
1936 Benito Mussolini proclaimed the
Rome-Berlin Axis which brought Germany and
Italy into close collaboration between 1936
and 1945.