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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.
[a] The King of Italy (Victor Emmanuel III) was crowned Emperor of Ethiopia and the Italians created an Italian empire in Africa (Italian East Africa) with Ethiopia, Eritrea and Italian Somalia in spring 1936. In 1937 Mussolini boasted that, with his conquest of Ethiopia, "finally Adua was avenged". The Italians decreed miscegenation to be ...
The conquest of Italian East Africa came second only to the defence of Egypt and the Suez Canal. In August, Wavell ordered for plans to be made quickly to gain control of the Red Sea. He specified a concept of offensive operations from Djibouti to Harar and then Addis Ababa or Kassala to Asmara then Massawa, preferably on both lines ...
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.
Italian East Africa Map.jpg; Horn of Africa and Southwest Arabia - Mid-1930s.jpg; Author: derivative work: Themightyquill ; Italian East Africa Map.jpg: Government of Italy; Horn of Africa and Southwest Arabia - Mid-1930s.jpg: Harriett R. Blood and Greenhorne and O'Mara prepared the maps, which were drafted by Tim Merrill and reviewed by David ...
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]