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Italian East Africa (Italian: Africa Orientale Italiana, AOI) [3] was an Italian colony in the Horn of Africa. It was formed in 1936 after the Second Italo-Ethiopian War through the merger of Italian Somaliland, Italian Eritrea, and the newly occupied Ethiopian Empire. [4] Italian East Africa was divided into six governorates.
The Italian colony of Italian East Africa (Italian: Africa Orientale Italiana) was composed of six governorates which made up the first level of country subdivisions for the colony. The governorates of Amhara, Galla-Sidamo, Harar and Scioa constituted the "Italian Empire of Ethiopia", which covered about half of the previous Ethiopian Empire.
The East African Campaign started with Italian advances into British-held Kenya, British Somaliland, and Sudan. [54] In the summer of 1940, Italian armed forces successfully invaded all of British Somaliland. [55] But, in the spring of 1941, the British had counter-attacked and pushed deep into Italian East Africa.
The East African campaign (also known as the Abyssinian campaign) was fought in East Africa during the Second World War by Allies of World War II, mainly from the British Empire, against Italy and its colony of Italian East Africa, between June 1940 and November 1941.
Italian East Africa (1936–1941) — a former Italian colony in the Horn of Africa of East Africa, in regions of present day Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Somalia. Subcategories This category has the following 5 subcategories, out of 5 total.
The line was opened after the Italian conquest of Ethiopia and was followed by the first air links with the Italian colonies in Italian East Africa, which began in a pioneering way since 1934. The route was enlarged to 6,379 km and initially joined Rome with Addis Ababa via Syracuse , Benghazi , Cairo , Wadi Halfa , Khartoum , Kassala , Asmara ...
The governorates formed the first level of country subdivision of the Italian East Africa, a colony of the Italian Empire from 1936 to 1941. The colony was divided into six governorates: the Addis Ababa Governorate [ it ] ( Scioa Governorate from 1938), Amhara Governorate , Eritrea Governorate , Galla-Sidamo Governorate , Harar Governorate and ...
The six provinces of Italian East Africa. On 10 May 1936, Italian troops from the northern front and from the southern front met at Dire Dawa. [102] The Italians found the recently released Ethiopian Ras, Hailu Tekle Haymanot, who boarded a train back to Addis Ababa and approached the Italian invaders in submission. [103]