 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Mukupinda kwayo kwechipiri muEthiopiamuna 193536, Italy yakabudirira uye yakabatanidza kukunda kwayo kutsva nemakoroni ayo ekare eEast Africa kuti agadzire Italian East Africa. Muna 1939, Italy yakapinda muAlbania ndokuibatanidza muhurumende yechiFascist. Munguva yeHondo Yenyika Yechipiri 19391945, Italy yakatora British Somaliland, zvikamu zvekumaodzanyemba kwakadziva kumabvazuva kweFrance, kumadokero kweEjipitori uye chikamu chikuru cheGreece, asi yakazorasikirwa nekukunda uku pamwe nekoloni dzayo dzeAfrica, kusanganisira Ethiopia, kumasimba akabatana akapinda muna 1943. Yakamanikidzwa muchibvumirano chorugare cha 1947 kurega uchangamire pamusoro pamakoroni ayo ose. Yakapiwa chivimbo chokutarisira yaimbova Somaliland yeItaly pasi pokutarisira kweSangano Romubatanidzwa Wenyika Dzepasi Pose muna 1950. Somalia payakawana rusununguko muna 1960, makore makumi masere eItaly achironga nyika dzevamwe nyika akapera. 