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The Arbegnoch (Amharic: ዐርበኞች, romanized: ārbenyoch, lit. '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.
Menelik's expansions into what is now southern Ethiopia set a pattern of razing entire districts, killing all male defender and then enslaving the women and children. [42] The southern expansions resulted in an immense increase in the number of slaves within the empire and raids fueled a national market for the trade.
Italian Ethiopia: Territory of Ethiopian Empire during Italian occupation (1936–1941) Arbegnoch: Ethiopian resistance fighters during Italian East Africa; 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)
(The Kingdom of Egypt remained neutral during the Second World War but the terms of the Anglo-Egyptian treaty of 1936 allowed the British to occupy Egypt and Anglo-Egyptian Sudan.) [7] Egypt, the Suez Canal, French Somaliland and British Somaliland were also vulnerable to invasion but the Italian General Staff had planned for a war after 1942 ...
The Anglo-Ethiopian Agreement was a joint effort between Ethiopia and the United Kingdom at reestablishing Ethiopian independent statehood following the ousting of Italian troops by combined British and Ethiopian forces in 1941 during the Second World War. There was a prior Anglo-Ethiopian Agreement signed in 1897.
During the Second World War, Italian East Africa was occupied by a British-led force including colonial units and Ethiopian guerrillas in November 1941. [5] After the war, Italian Somalia and Eritrea came under British administration, while Ethiopia regained its independence.
World War II [b] or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all the world's countries—including all the great powers—participated, with many investing all available economic, industrial, and scientific capabilities in pursuit of total war, blurring the distinction between military and ...
The Battle of Gondar or Capture of Gondar was the last stand of the Italian forces in Italian East Africa during the Second World War.The battle took place in November 1941, during the East African Campaign.