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The treaty signed in Paris by the Italian Republic (Repubblica Italiana) and the victorious powers of World War II on 10 February 1947, included formal Italian recognition of Ethiopian independence and an agreement to pay $25,000,000 (equivalent to $341,133,000 in 2023) in reparations. Since the League of Nations and most of its members had ...
If Italy joined the war, Ethiopia would be invaded as soon as there were sufficient troops. Wavell also co-ordinated plans with South Africa in March. On 1 May 1940, Wavell ordered British Troops Egypt to mobilise discreetly for military operations in western Egypt but after the June debacle in France , Wavell had to follow a defensive strategy.
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)
March 8: Ethiopia again requests arbitration and notes Italian military build-up. March 13: Italy and Ethiopia agree on a neutral zone in the Ogaden. March 17: Ethiopia again appeals to the League due to Italian build-up. March 22: The Italians yield to pressure from the League of Nations for arbitration into the Walwal incident.
[66] [67] Aware of Italy's material and planning deficiencies leading up to World War II, and believing that Italy's entry into the war on the side of Germany was inevitable, the English blockaded German coal imports from 1 March 1940 in an attempt to bring Italian industry to a standstill. [68]
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 .
Italy eventually lost its colonies in the region. Following years of local resistance and the intervention of British troops during the East African Campaign of World War II, scattered Italian forces continued to fight in a guerrilla war, until the final surrender in 1943. [7] Ethiopia regained its independence from Italy in 1947. [8]
There were originally two main Italian guerrilla organizations: the Fronte di Resistenza (Front of Resistance) and the Figli d'Italia (Sons of Italy). [3] The Fronte di Resistenza was a military organization led by Colonel Lucchetti and centered in the main cities of the former Italian East Africa.