 Hurumende yechiFascist iyo yakauya kuzvitonga naBenito Mussolini muna 1922 yakatsvaka kuwedzera ukuru hweumambo hweItaly uye kugutsa zvirevo zvevaIrredentist veItaly. Muna 193536, mukupinda kwayo kwechipiri muEthiopiaItaly yakabudirira uye yakabatanidza kukunda kwayo kutsva nemakoroni ayo ekare eEast Africa. Muna 1939, Italy yakapinda muAlbania ndokuibatanidza muhurumende yechiFascist. Munguva yeHondo Yenyika Yechipiri 193945, Italy yakaumba mubatanidzwa weaxis neJapan neGermany ndokutora nzvimbo dzinoverengeka senge zvikamu zveFrance, Greece, Egypt neTunisia asi yakamanikidzwa murunyararo rwekupedzisira kusiya matunhu ayo ese nevadziviriri. Pashure pehondo yevagari vemo uye kuderera kwezvemari kwakakonzerwa neHondo Yenyika II, Italy yakafarikanya chishamiso chezvemari, yakasimudzira kubatana kweEurope, yakabatana neNATO uye yakava nhengo inoshingaira yeEuropean Union. Italy yakapiwa mvumo neSangano Romubatanidzwa Wenyika Dzepasi Pose kuti itarisire Somaliland muna 1950. Somalia payakawana rusununguko muna 1960, makore makumi masere okudzvinyirirwa kweItaly akapera. 