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.[2]
The Patriot movement was primarily based in the rural Shewa, Gondar and Gojjam provinces, though it drew support from all over occupied Ethiopia. Several hundred Eritreans also participated.[3] Small cells operated in Addis Ababa and other towns, known as Wust Arbagna (Insider Patriots).[4] The Black Lions took part in the movement.[5] In 1937/1938, there were an estimated 25,000 active Patriots in Ethiopia. The average band of resistance fighters was estimated in 1938 to have included 400 to 500 members, depending on the agricultural season.[1] The Arbegnoch or Patriots were called Shifta by the Italians. The Patriots had the near-total support of the Tewahedo Orthodox Church.[5] The majority of participants were Christian highlanders. Ethiopian Muslims were less involved in the Italo-Ethiopian conflict.[6]
^ abIliffe 2005, p. 199.
^Zewde, Bahru (2001). A History of Modern Ethiopia 1855-1991. Addis Ababa: Addis Ababa University Press. pp. 168. ISBN 0-8214-1440-2.
The Arbegnoch (Amharic: ዐርበኞች, romanized: ārbenyoch, lit. 'Patriots') were Ethiopian anti-fascist World War II resistance fighters in Italian East Africa...
January 1945) was an Amhara-Ethiopian military commander who led the Arbegnoch resistance movement in Gojjam against the Fascist Italians during the...
Corps d’Élite with the Sudan Defence Force, Ethiopian regular forces and Arbegnoch (Amharic for Patriots). Gideon Force fought the Italian occupation in...
however never managed to secure the country, due to resistance from the Arbegnoch, making Ethiopia and Liberia the only African nations to never be colonized...
February 1937 Deaths Estimates range from 1,400 to 30,000 Ethiopian civilians Victims Ethiopian civilians, Ethiopian Arbegnoch Perpetrators Italian soldiers...
age of 15 Jagama and his older brother went into the bush to join the Arbegnoch. At first he had no gun – only his elder brother had one. But they ambushed...
various parties Patriotten, a Dutch political faction in the 18th century Arbegnoch (lit. patriots), Ethiopian resistance fighters, 1939–1941 Patriot Governments...
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York, U.S. Military service Allegiance Ethiopian Empire Years of service 1935–1941 Rank Colonel Unit Arbegnoch Battles/wars Second Italo-Ethiopian War...
England trying in vain to obtain Allied support for his nation's cause. The Arbegnoch movement had begun its guerrilla war against the occupying Italian forces...
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conciliatory efforts obtained that Abebe Aregai, then the last leader of the "Arbegnoch" (as the guerrilla fighters were called in Ethiopia) made a surrender...
World War II, 1939-1941 Part I 1939 to July 1940". Italian Ground Forces in East Africa. profilpelajar.com. "Arbegnoch". Retrieved 2024-02-13. v t e...
an authority or an institution that is seen as illegitimate, like the Arbegnoch guerillas during the Italian occupation of Ethiopia. The term shifta has...
passed through Alamata on their way northwards against the Italians. Arbegnoch under British leadership, liberated the town from Italian control during...
Negash Bezabih and Hailu Belew. These resistance fighters, known as arbegnoch (or "Patriots"), limited the Italians to only the immediate areas around...
osvobození (Liberation Day) Ethiopia May 5 1941 Liberation from Italy Arbegnoch Qen or Patriots' Day Falkland Islands June 14 1982 Liberation from Argentina...
Italian Ethiopia from 1937. Ethiopians continued a guerrilla war as the Arbegnoch until British forces took Italian Ethiopia in 1941 as part of the East...
town was more or less a formality, although resistance fighters known as Arbegnoch ("Patriots") continued to operate throughout the conflict. It was officially...
countryside had remained out of Italian control due to resistance from the Arbegnoch. The occupation is an example of the expansionist policy that characterized...
(CUD), and the Ethiopian People's Patriotic Front (EPPF, also known as Arbegnoch Gimbar or Patriot's Front). It was created when the leaders from the OLF...
Second Italo-Ethiopian War (1935–1936) Italian East Africa (1936–1941) Arbegnoch (1936–1941) East African campaign (World War II) (1941) Italian guerrilla...
removing the monument, a symbol of the monarchy. However, an association of Arbegnoch veterans claimed that it was a memory of Ethiopian antifascist resistance...
Mammo, was an Ethiopian soldier and a leader of the Patriot movement (Arbegnoch) during the Italian occupation of Ethiopia. He fought in the Second Italo-Ethiopian...
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