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| - The East African Campaign refers to the battles fought in East Africa during World War II. The battles of this campaign were fought between the forces of the British Empire, the British Commonwealth of Nations, and several allies on one side and the forces of the Italian Empire on the other. This campaign was one of the African campaigns of World War II.
This campaign fell under the British Middle East Command. The vast majority of the British allied forces involved were from British Commonwealth nations. The Commonwealth forces included troops from the Sudan, British Somaliland, British East Africa, the Indian Empire, South Africa, Northern Rhodesia, Southern Rhodesia, Nyasaland, and British West Africa (Nigeria, Gold Coast, Sierra Leone, and the Gambia). There was even a small commando unit from the British Mandate of Palestine. In addition to the British and Commonwealth forces, there were Ethiopian irregular forces, Free French forces, and Free Belgian forces.
The Italian forces included Italian nationals, East African colonials (Eritreans, Abyssinians, and Somali Dubats), and even a small number of German volunteers (the German Motorized Company). The majority of the Italian forces were East African colonials led by Italian officers. (en)
- La Campagne d'Afrique de l'Est est une série de bataille de la Seconde Guerre mondiale entre les Alliés et l'empire italien. La plus grande partie des troupes alliés était issue du Commonwealth, notamment d'Inde, d'Afrique du Sud, de Rhodésie, du Nigéria et du Ghana. Elles étaient renforcées par des troupes irrégulières éthiopiennes, des soldats des forces françaises libres et des forces belges libres. (fr)
- La Campagna Alleata in Africa Orientale della seconda guerra mondiale fu scatenata dopo l'entrata in guerra dell'Italia, il 10 giugno del 1940.
L'Italia dopo aver conquistato la Somalia britannica nell' agosto del 1940, occupò Berbera, la città principale,seguirono scontri al confine con il Kenia e dopo una parvenza di successo iniziale subì il contrattacco Alleato su più fronti dell'allora Africa Orientale Italiana.
Riconquistata la Somalia dai britannici nel marzo 1941 in pochi mesi le truppe italiane furono respinte verso il centro dell'Etiopia sino a giungere alla resa con l'onore delle armi di Amedeo, terzo duca di Aosta viceré d'Etiopia. Nel mese di maggio di quello stesso rientrava ad Addis Abeba il Negus Haile Selassie. Il 28 novembre 1941 cadde Gondar, ultima sacca di resistenza italiana in Africa Orientale. (it)
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| - 30,000-50,000 plus several thousand co-belligerent Ethiopian patriot forces, mainly deserting askaris from Italian colonial units, commanded by local warlords (en)
- 74,000 Italians, 182,000 (en)
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| - The East African Campaign refers to the battles fought in East Africa during World War II. The battles of this campaign were fought between the forces of the British Empire, the British Commonwealth of Nations, and several allies on one side and the forces of the Italian Empire on the other. This campaign was one of the African campaigns of World War II. (en)
- La Campagne d'Afrique de l'Est est une série de bataille de la Seconde Guerre mondiale entre les Alliés et l'empire italien. La plus grande partie des troupes alliés était issue du Commonwealth, notamment d'Inde, d'Afrique du Sud, de Rhodésie, du Nigéria et du Ghana. Elles étaient renforcées par des troupes irrégulières éthiopiennes, des soldats des forces françaises libres et des forces belges libres. (fr)
- La Campagna Alleata in Africa Orientale della seconda guerra mondiale fu scatenata dopo l'entrata in guerra dell'Italia, il 10 giugno del 1940. (it)
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