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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 .
Standard of the Viceroy of Italian East Africa: A white flag with blue border, with the Savoy shield in the middle and four fasces at corners. 1936–1945 Flag of the Colonna Italiana: A tricolour flag with a red dagger and the red letters "G" and "L". 1939–1943 Standard of the Lieutenant General of Albania
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Since 1 June 1936 Italian Ethiopia was part of the newly created Italian East Africa, and was administratively composed of four governorates: Amhara, Harar, Galla-Sidamo and Scioa.
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In 1936, after the Second Italo-Abyssian War, Italian Somalia became part of Italian East Africa, which also included Ethiopia and Eritrea. Later, in 1940, Italy successfully conquered British Somaliland and annexed it to Italian Somalia.
Italian East Africa, group of Italian possessions in eastern Africa in the period 1936–41. It comprised Ethiopia (annexed by Italy on May 9, 1936, and proclaimed a part of Italian East Africa June 1) together with the Italian colonies of Eritrea and Italian Somaliland (now part of Somalia).
They were exactly like the previous plates, but had three coloured squares on the left side as you can see in the picture number 6: they were green, white and red like the Italian flag, with the letters AOI in western character inside: that stands for Africa Orientale Italiana (Italian East Africa).
Abyssinia, Italian East Africa, 1936 On 3 October 1935, the Italian Fascist regime under Mussolini attacked Ethiopia and occupied it for five years. Emperor Haile Selassie had to flee abroad into exile in 1936, and on 9 May that year Italy annexed the country, and the Italian flag was hoisted.
Italian East Africa, was an Italian colony from 1937 - 1951. The colony was formed after Italy invaded Ethiopia, but it was dissolved after the allied powers invaded.