Part of the Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of the Second World War
Date
27 November 1941 – October 1943
Location
Horn of Africa
Result
Allied victory
Belligerents
United Kingdom Ethiopia
Italy
Commanders and leaders
William Platt Haile Selassie
Amedeo Guillet Francesco De Martini Other commanders: Hamid Idris Awate Paolo Aloisi Leopoldo Rizzo
Strength
Tens of thousands
7,000 (including supporters)
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East African campaign of World War II
Sudan
British Somaliland (1940)
Tug Argan
French Somaliland
Convoy BN 7
Agordat
British Somaliland (1941)
Keren
Saïo
Amba Alagi
Culqualber
Gondar
Guerrilla war
Associated articles
Gideon Force
Arbegnoch
Red Sea Flotilla
Desert Air Force
East Indies Station
East Africa Force
Order of battle
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