Ethiopia

Full Name 19 Ethiopian Empire
Alliance Allies - Minor Member Nation or Possession
Entry into WW2 19 Jan 1941
Population in 1939 7,000,000
Military Deaths in WW2 5,000
Civilian Deaths in WW2 200,000

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ww2dbaseAfter the Scramble for Africa, Ethiopia (also known by its exonym "Abyssinia", from Arabic "al-Habash") remained one of only two African nations that retained independence, largely because of the decisive victory against Italian invaders during the First Italo-Ethiopian War of 1895 to 1896. In 1916, Haile Selassie I came to power as a regent; in 1930, he was made the Emperor. His reign was characterized by a rapid modernization of the country, but it would not be enough to counter the second Italian invasion in Oct 1935. Haile Selassie I went into exile in Bath, England, United Kingdom after the defeat in the Second Italo-Abyssinian War. Ethiopia was merged with Italian colonies in the region to form the greater Italian East Africa, and King Vittorio Emanuele III claimed the title of the Emperor of Ethiopia until 1943. In 1941, British troops drove out the Italians and restored Ethiopian independence. Haile Selassie I's reign came to an end in 1974 when he was overthrown by a military junta supported by the Soviet Union. In 1987, the People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia was proclaimed, which lasted until 1991, replaced by a more democratic constitution in 1994.

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Last Major Update: Jul 2013

People
Haile Selassie I


Events Taken Place in Ethiopia
Invasion of Ethiopia3 Oct 1935 - 5 May 1936
Invasion of Italian East Africa19 Jan 1941 - 16 May 1941


Photographs

Italian troops fighting in Ethiopia, late 1935Italian troops in Ethiopia, 1936Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia posing with an anti-aircraft gun at Battle of Maychew, Ethiopia, 31 Mar 1936Troops of the South African 1st Infantry Division celebrating the capture of Fort Hobok in southwestern Ethiopia, 1941
See all 6 photographs of Ethiopia in World War II





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Italian troops fighting in Ethiopia, late 1935
See all 6 photographs of Ethiopia in World War II


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