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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.
East African campaign: World War II campaign against Italy from 1940 to 1941 Order of battle, East African campaign (World War II) Italian guerrilla war in Ethiopia (1941–1943) Occupied Enemy Territory Administration (Ethiopia): British WWII military occupation administration (1941–1942)
The Occupied Enemy Territory Administration in Ethiopia was a British military occupation administration in Ethiopia during East African Campaign of World War II. It expanded from early 1941 to the final Italian defeat in November and ended in January 1942 with the signing of the Anglo-Ethiopian Agreement .
The British reversed their recognition of the Italian conquest of Ethiopia in the Second Italo-Ethiopian War (1935–1936) in favour of Haile Selassie, the deposed emperor. Mission 101 and Gideon Force were based in Sudan to conduct sabotage and subversion in the western Ethiopian province of Gojjam .
'Patriots') were Ethiopian anti-fascist World War II resistance fighters in Italian East Africa from 1936 until 1941 who fought against Fascist Italy's occupation of the Ethiopian Empire. [ 2 ] The Patriot movement was primarily based in the rural Shewa , Gondar and Gojjam provinces, though it drew support from all over occupied Ethiopia.
and allies Somali Democratic Republic. Supported by: United States; Stalemate. Ethiopian invasion halted; Ethiopia occupies the border towns of Galdogob and Balanbale until 1988; United States delivers emergency military and humanitarian aid to Somalia to prevent further attacks by Ethiopia [8] Ethiopian Civil War (1974–1991) PDRE
Following the end of World War II, Selassie sought to limit the influence of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church. During the 1950s, he was widely regarded as a modernizing and capable leader in Ethiopia. [348] [349] [350] In the 1970s, due to economic turmoil and a famine, Selassie's reputation suffered. Mass protests broke out against his ...
Ethiopian forces in the Second Italo-Abyssinian War besides the Central Army were mobilized from various provinces under their local leader. According to 1935 Italian intelligence estimates of the Ethiopian provinces and their forces on the eve of hostilities, the Ethiopians had an army of 350,000 men. Strengths where known are noted followed ...