East African Campaign (World War II)

The East African Campaign (also known as the Abyssinian Campaign) was fought in East Africa during World War II by Allied forces, mainly from the British Empire, against Axis forces, primarily from Italy of Italian East Africa (Africa Orientale Italiana, or AOI), between June 1940 and November 1941. ^[1]

349 relations: Abebe Aregai, Addis Ababa, Aden, Aden Protectorate, Agenore Frangipani, Agordat, Air Headquarters East Africa, Alan Cunningham, Alfred Reade Godwin-Austen, Allies of World War II, Alpini, Amedeo Guillet, Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Anglo-Egyptian treaty of 1936, Anglo-Ethiopian Agreement, Anthony Eden, Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell, Armistice of 22 June 1940, Armistice of Cassibile, Armoured car regiment, Arthur Reginald Chater, Askari, Asmara, Asosa, Assab, Auguste Gilliaert, Australia in the War of 1939–1945, Australian War Memorial, Axis powers, Bands (Italian Army irregulars), Battle of Crete, Battle of France, Battle of Gondar, Battle of Greece, Battle of Madagascar, Battle of the Mediterranean, Battle of Tug Argan, Begemder, Benito Mussolini, Berbera, Bersaglieri, BETASOM, Blackshirts, Bletchley Park, Blue Nile, Bordeaux, Brigade group, Brin-class submarine, Bristol Blenheim, ..., British Central Africa Protectorate, British Empire, British Forces Aden, British Raj, British Somaliland, British West Africa, Buna, Kenya, Cambridge University Press, Cape Town, Caproni Ca.133, Carlo De Simone, Christiaan du Toit, Colonial Nigeria, Commander-in-chief, Commonwealth of Nations, Concession (territory), Corpo Aereo Italiano, Dan Pienaar, Daniel Sandford (British Army officer), Dembidolo, Destroyer, Dire Dawa, Djibouti, Djibouti (city), Dolo, Ethiopia, Douglas Dickinson, Douglas Porch, Dubats, Dudley Clarke, East Africa, East Africa Protectorate, East Indies Station, Egypt Command, Eighth Army (United Kingdom), El Wak, Somalia, El-Gadarif, Eric Charles Twelves Wilson, Eritrea, Eritrean Liberation Front, Essex Regiment, Ethiopia, Ethiopian Empire, Fairey Albacore, Fairey Battle, Farasan Islands, Fiat CR.32, Fiat CR.42, Fiat M11/39, Fifth Army (Italy), Fokker F.VII, Force Publique, Francesco De Martini, Frank Messervy, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Free Belgian forces, Free France, French Equatorial Africa, French Somaliland, French Third Republic, French West Africa in World War II, Gale & Polden, Gallabat, General officer commanding, George Brink, German auxiliary cruiser Atlantis, German Motorized Company, German-occupied Europe, Ghana, Gideon Force, Gloster Gladiator, Gojjam, Gold Coast (British colony), Government Communications Headquarters, Governor-general, Greco-Italian War, Guglielmo Nasi, Gulf of Aden, Gulf of Oman, Gulf of Suez, Haile Selassie, Hamid Idris Awate, Harar, Hargeisa, Harry Edward de Robillard Wetherall, Harry Kenneth Dimoline, Hawker Fury, Hawker Hart, Hawker Hurricane, Henry Maitland Wilson, Highland Light Infantry, History of modern Egypt, Honours of war, IMAM Ro.37, Indian Army, Indian Ocean, Infantry tank, Iran, Iraq, Irregular military, Italian African Police, Italian auxiliary cruiser Ramb I, Italian auxiliary cruiser Ramb II, Italian East Africa, Italian Empire, Italian Eritrea, Italian guerrilla war in Ethiopia, Italian sloop Eritrea, Italian Somali Divisions (101 and 102), Italian Somaliland, Jan Smuts, Jeddah, Jijiga, Jimma, Junkers Ju 86, Kassala, Kenya, Kenya Colony, Keren, Eritrea, Keru, King's African Rifles, Kingdom of Egypt, Kingdom of Italy, Kismayo, Kobe, Kurmuk, L3/35, Lake Turkana, Leone-class destroyer, Lewis Heath, Liberation Day, Libya, Libyan Desert, Light Tank Mk VI, List of Governors-General of Italian East Africa, Long Range Desert Group, Louis Leakey, Luigi Frusci, Makonnen Endelkachew, Maldive Islands, Mandatory Palestine, Mareb River, Mario Bonetti, Marsabit, MAS (motorboat), Massawa, Matilda II, Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War II, Mega, Ethiopia, Merchant raider, Metemma, Middle East, Middle East Command, Military history of Ethiopia, Military history of Italy during World War II, Military production during World War II, Milizia Coloniale, Ministry of Information (United Kingdom), Mogadishu, Mogadishu under Italian rule, Mombasa, Motor Torpedo Boat, Moyale, Naval trawler, Neutral country, Neutrality Acts of the 1930s, Nicolangelo Carnimeo, Nigel Leakey, Nigeria, No. 14 Squadron RAF, No. 223 Squadron RAF, No. 237 Squadron RAF, No. 45 Squadron RAF, No. 47 Squadron RAF, Noel Beresford-Peirse, Non-commissioned officer, North African Campaign, Northern Rhodesia, Norway, Nyasaland, Office of Public Sector Information, Oil tanker, Oodweyne, Operation Compass, Orde Wingate, Ordnance QF 18-pounder, Patriots (Ethiopia), Paul Legentilhomme, Perim, Pierre Nouailhetas, Pietro Gazzera, Political Resident, Potsdam Conference, Premindra Singh Bhagat, Prince Amedeo, Duke of Aosta, Protectorate, Qaysān, Qēssan, QF 3.7-inch mountain howitzer, RAF Middle East Command, Ralph Leatham, Ranald Reid, Red Sea, Red Sea Flotilla, Regia Aeronautica, Regia Marina, Richhpal Ram, Robert Cassels, Rosa Dainelli, Royal Air Force, Royal Corps of Colonial Troops, Royal Corps of Somali Colonial Troops, Royal Indian Artillery, Royal Italian Army, Royal Italian Army during World War II, Royal Navy, Royal West African Frontier Force, Sauro-class destroyer, Savoia-Marchetti S.73, Savoia-Marchetti SM.79, Savoia-Marchetti SM.81, Second Italo-Ethiopian War, Secretary of State for War, Shoreham-class sloop, Somali Region, Somali Republic, Somalia, Somaliland, Somaliland Camel Corps, South Africa, South African Air Force, South African Irish Regiment, South Sudan, Southern Rhodesia, Spanish Civil War, Staff (military), State of Somaliland, Submarine, Sudan, Sudan Defence Force, Suez, Suez Canal, Syria, Syria–Lebanon Campaign, Tana River (Kenya), The Garhwal Rifles, The War Illustrated, Tianjin, Trust Territory of Somaliland, Turkana County, Uganda, Ugo Cavallero, Under the Red Sea Sun, United Kingdom, Viceroy, Vichy France, Vickers Type 264 Valentia, Vickers Vildebeest, Vickers Wellesley, Wajir, War Office, Warsheikh, Welkait, West Yorkshire Regiment, Western Desert Campaign, William Berry, 1st Viscount Camrose, William Mitchell (RAF officer), William Platt, William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim, Winston Churchill, Worcestershire Regiment, World War II, Zaptié, Zeila, 1 Squadron SAAF, 10th Baluch Regiment, 10th Indian Infantry Brigade, 11 Squadron SAAF, 12 Squadron SAAF, 14th Punjab Regiment, 15th Punjab Regiment, 1st (African) Division, 1st (West Africa) Infantry Brigade, 1st Horse (Skinner's Horse), 1st Infantry Division (South Africa), 2 Squadron SAAF, 22nd Derajat Mountain Battery (Frontier Force), 29th Indian Infantry Brigade, 2nd (African) Division, 2nd (West Africa) Infantry Brigade, 40 Squadron SAAF, 40th Infantry Division Cacciatori d'Africa, 4th Infantry Division (India), 4th Royal Tank Regiment, 5th Infantry Division (India), 65th Infantry Division Granatieri di Savoia, 813 Naval Air Squadron, 81st (West Africa) Division, 824 Naval Air Squadron, 82nd (West Africa) Division, 9th Indian Infantry Brigade. Expand index (299 more) » « Shrink index

Abebe Aregai

Ras Abebe Aregai (18 August 1903 – 17 December 1960) was an Ethiopian military commander who, during the Italian occupation, led a group of resistance fighters (collectively known as the Arbegnoch or "Patriots") that operated in Menz and Shewa.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Abebe Aregai · See more »

Addis Ababa

Addis Ababa (አዲስ አበባ,, "new flower"; or Addis Abeba (the spelling used by the official Ethiopian Mapping Authority); Finfinne "natural spring") is the capital and largest city of Ethiopia.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Addis Ababa · See more »

Aden

Aden (عدن Yemeni) is a port city in Yemen, located by the eastern approach to the Red Sea (the Gulf of Aden), some east of Bab-el-Mandeb.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Aden · See more »

Aden Protectorate

The Aden Protectorate (محمية عدن) was a British protectorate in southern Arabia which evolved in the hinterland of the port of Aden and in the Hadramaut following the conquest of Aden by Great Britain in 1839, and it continued until the 1960s.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Aden Protectorate · See more »

Agenore Frangipani

Agenore Frangipani (Benevento; 4 December 1876 – Addis Abeba; 6 April 1941) was an Italian general during World War II, and for three days was Governor of Addis Abeba in April 1941.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Agenore Frangipani · See more »

Agordat

Agordat (ኣቆርዳት, أغوردات; also Akordat or Ak'ordat) is a city in Gash-Barka, Eritrea.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Agordat · See more »

Air Headquarters East Africa

Air Headquarters East Africa (or AHQ East Africa) was a command of the British Royal Air Force (RAF) formed on 19 October 1940 by expanding Air H.Q. RAF Nairobi.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Air Headquarters East Africa · See more »

Alan Cunningham

General Sir Alan Gordon Cunningham (1 May 1887 – 30 January 1983) was a senior officer of the British Army noted for his victories over Italian forces in the East African Campaign during World War II.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Alan Cunningham · See more »

Alfred Reade Godwin-Austen

General Sir Alfred Reade Godwin-Austen (17 April 1889 – 20 March 1963) was a British Army officer who served during World War I and World War II.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Alfred Reade Godwin-Austen · See more »

Allies of World War II

The Allies of World War II, called the United Nations from the 1 January 1942 declaration, were the countries that together opposed the Axis powers during the Second World War (1939–1945).

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Allies of World War II · See more »

Alpini

The Alpini (Italian for "alpines"), are an elite mountain warfare military corps of the Italian Army.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Alpini · See more »

Amedeo Guillet

Amedeo Guillet also known as Ahmed Abdallah Al Redai (February 7, 1909 – June 16, 2010) was an officer of the Italian Army.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Amedeo Guillet · See more »

Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope

Admiral of the Fleet Andrew Browne Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope, (7 January 1883 – 12 June 1963) was a senior officer of the British Royal Navy during the Second World War.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope · See more »

Anglo-Egyptian Sudan

The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (السودان الإنجليزي المصري) was a condominium of the United Kingdom and Egypt in the eastern Sudan region of northern Africa between 1899 and 1956, but in practice the structure of the condominium ensured full British control over the Sudan.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Anglo-Egyptian Sudan · See more »

Anglo-Egyptian treaty of 1936

The Anglo-Egyptian Treaty of 1936 (officially, The Treaty of Alliance Between His Majesty, in Respect of the United Kingdom, and His Majesty, the King of Egypt) was a treaty signed between the United Kingdom and the Kingdom of Egypt.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Anglo-Egyptian treaty of 1936 · See more »

Anglo-Ethiopian Agreement

The Anglo-Ethiopian Agreement was a joint effort between Ethiopia and the United Kingdom at reestablishing Ethiopian independent statehood following the ousting of Italian troops by combined British and Ethiopian forces in 1941 during World War II.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Anglo-Ethiopian Agreement · See more »

Anthony Eden

Robert Anthony Eden, 1st Earl of Avon, (12 June 1897 – 14 January 1977) was a British Conservative politician who served three periods as Foreign Secretary and then a relatively brief term as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1955 to 1957.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Anthony Eden · See more »

Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell

Field Marshal Archibald Percival Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell, (5 May 1883 – 24 May 1950) was a senior officer of the British Army.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell · See more »

Armistice of 22 June 1940

The Armistice of 22 June 1940 was signed at 18:36.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Armistice of 22 June 1940 · See more »

Armistice of Cassibile

The Armistice of Cassibile was an armistice signed on 3 September 1943 by Walter Bedell Smith and Giuseppe Castellano, and made public on 8 September, between the Kingdom of Italy and the Allies during World War II.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Armistice of Cassibile · See more »

Armoured car regiment

Armoured Car Regiments were reconnaissance units employed by the British Army during the 20th century.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Armoured car regiment · See more »

Arthur Reginald Chater

Major General Arthur Reginald Chater (7 February 1896 – 3 January 1979) was an officer in the Royal Marines during the First World War, the interwar years, and Second World War.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Arthur Reginald Chater · See more »

Askari

An askari was a local soldier serving in the armies of the European colonial powers in Africa, particularly in the African Great Lakes, Northeast Africa and Central Africa.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Askari · See more »

Asmara

Asmara (ኣስመራ), known locally as Asmera (meaning "They made them unite" in Tigrinya), is the capital city and largest city of Eritrea.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Asmara · See more »

Asosa

Asosa is a town in western Ethiopia and the capital of the Benishangul-Gumuz Region (or kilil) of Ethiopia.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Asosa · See more »

Assab

Assab or Aseb (ዓሰብ,; عصب) is a port city in the Southern Red Sea Region of Eritrea.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Assab · See more »

Auguste Gilliaert

Lieutenant General Auguste Gilliaert (Sint-Pieters-op-den-Dijk, 7 March 1894 - 10 May 1973) was a Belgian colonial soldier who served in both world wars, and a commander of the Force Publique in the Belgian Congo.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Auguste Gilliaert · See more »

Australia in the War of 1939–1945

Australia in the War of 1939–1945 is a 22-volume official history series covering Australian involvement in the Second World War.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Australia in the War of 1939–1945 · See more »

Australian War Memorial

The Australian War Memorial is Australia's national memorial to the members of its armed forces and supporting organisations who have died or participated in wars involving the Commonwealth of Australia.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Australian War Memorial · See more »

Axis powers

The Axis powers (Achsenmächte; Potenze dell'Asse; 枢軸国 Sūjikukoku), also known as the Axis and the Rome–Berlin–Tokyo Axis, were the nations that fought in World War II against the Allied forces.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Axis powers · See more »

Bands (Italian Army irregulars)

Bande (Italian for "Bands") was in Italian military term for irregular forces, composed normally of foreigners or natives, with some Italian officers and NCOs in command.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Bands (Italian Army irregulars) · See more »

Battle of Crete

The Battle of Crete (Luftlandeschlacht um Kreta, also Unternehmen Merkur, "Operation Mercury," Μάχη της Κρήτης) was fought during the Second World War on the Greek island of Crete.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Battle of Crete · See more »

Battle of France

The Battle of France, also known as the Fall of France, was the German invasion of France and the Low Countries during the Second World War.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Battle of France · See more »

Battle of Gondar

The Battle of Gondar or Capture of Gondar was the last stand of the Italian forces in Italian East Africa during the Second World War.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Battle of Gondar · See more »

Battle of Greece

The Battle of Greece (also known as Operation Marita, Unternehmen Marita) is the common name for the invasion of Allied Greece by Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany in April 1941 during World War II.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Battle of Greece · See more »

Battle of Madagascar

The Battle of Madagascar was the British campaign to capture Vichy French-controlled Madagascar during World War II.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Battle of Madagascar · See more »

Battle of the Mediterranean

The Battle of the Mediterranean was the name given to the naval campaign fought in the Mediterranean Sea during World War II, from 10 June 1940 to 2 May 1945.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Battle of the Mediterranean · See more »

Battle of Tug Argan

The Battle of Tug Argan was a land battle between forces of the British Empire and Italy which took place on 11–15 August 1940 in what was British Somaliland (later independent and renamed Somalia).

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Battle of Tug Argan · See more »

Begemder

Begemder (Amharic: በጌምድር) (also Gondar or Gonder after its 20th century capital) was a province in the northwestern part of Ethiopia.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Begemder · See more »

Benito Mussolini

Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini (29 July 1883 – 28 April 1945) was an Italian politician and journalist who was the leader of the National Fascist Party (Partito Nazionale Fascista, PNF).

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Benito Mussolini · See more »

Berbera

Berbera (Barbara, بربرة) is a city in the northwestern Woqooyi Galbeed region of Somaliland.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Berbera · See more »

Bersaglieri

The Bersaglieri (Marksmen in English) are a corps of the Italian Army originally created by General Alessandro La Marmora on 18 June 1836 to serve in the Army of the Kingdom of Sardinia, later to become the Royal Italian Army.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Bersaglieri · See more »

BETASOM

BETASOM (an Italian language acronym of Bordeaux Sommergibile or Sommergibili) was a submarine base established at Bordeaux, France by the Italian Regia Marina Italiana during World War II.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and BETASOM · See more »

Blackshirts

The Milizia Volontaria per la Sicurezza Nazionale (MVSN, "Voluntary Militia for National Security"), commonly called the Blackshirts (Camicie Nere, CCNN, singular: Camicia Nera) or squadristi (singular: squadrista), was originally the paramilitary wing of the National Fascist Party and, after 1923, an all-volunteer militia of the Kingdom of Italy.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Blackshirts · See more »

Bletchley Park

Bletchley Park was the central site for British (and subsequently, Allied) codebreakers during World War II.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Bletchley Park · See more »

Blue Nile

The Blue Nile is a river originating at Lake Tana in Ethiopia.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Blue Nile · See more »

Bordeaux

Bordeaux (Gascon Occitan: Bordèu) is a port city on the Garonne in the Gironde department in Southwestern France.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Bordeaux · See more »

Brigade group

A brigade group is a term used primarily in armies of the Commonwealth of Nations for an ad hoc arrangement of forces and not a permanent organisation whereas, with a capital G, a Brigade Group is.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Brigade group · See more »

Brin-class submarine

The Brin-class submarine was a group of five long-range submarines built for the Royal Italian Navy (Regia Marina) during the 1930s.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Brin-class submarine · See more »

Bristol Blenheim

The Bristol Blenheim is a British light bomber aircraft designed and built by the Bristol Aeroplane Company (Bristol) which was used extensively in the first two years and in some cases throughout the Second World War.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Bristol Blenheim · See more »

British Central Africa Protectorate

The British Central Africa Protectorate (BCA) was a protectorate proclaimed in 1889 and ratified in 1891 that occupied the same area as present-day Malawi: it was renamed Nyasaland in 1907.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and British Central Africa Protectorate · See more »

British Empire

The British Empire comprised the dominions, colonies, protectorates, mandates and other territories ruled or administered by the United Kingdom and its predecessor states.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and British Empire · See more »

British Forces Aden

British Forces Aden was the name given to the British Armed Forces stationed in the Aden Protectorate during part of the 20th century.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and British Forces Aden · See more »

British Raj

The British Raj (from rāj, literally, "rule" in Hindustani) was the rule by the British Crown in the Indian subcontinent between 1858 and 1947.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and British Raj · See more »

British Somaliland

British Somaliland, officially the British Somaliland Protectorate (Dhulka Maxmiyada Soomaalida ee Biritishka, translit) was a British protectorate in present-day northwestern Somalia.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and British Somaliland · See more »

British West Africa

British West Africa was the collective name for British colonies in West Africa during the colonial period, either in the general geographical sense or the formal colonial administrative entity.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and British West Africa · See more »

Buna, Kenya

Buna is a small town in Wajir County, situated in the North Eastern Province in Kenya.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Buna, Kenya · See more »

Cambridge University Press

Cambridge University Press (CUP) is the publishing business of the University of Cambridge.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Cambridge University Press · See more »

Cape Town

Cape Town (Kaapstad,; Xhosa: iKapa) is a coastal city in South Africa.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Cape Town · See more »

Caproni Ca.133

The Caproni Ca.133 was a three-engined transport/bomber aircraft used by the Italian Regia Aeronautica from the Second Italo-Abyssinian War until World War II.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Caproni Ca.133 · See more »

Carlo De Simone

Carlo De Simone (1885–1951) was an officer in the Italian Army during World War II.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Carlo De Simone · See more »

Christiaan du Toit

Lieutenant-General Christiaan ('Matie') Ludolph de Wet du Toit (1901 - 1982) was a South African military commander.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Christiaan du Toit · See more »

Colonial Nigeria

Colonial Nigeria was the area of West Africa that later evolved into modern-day Nigeria, during the time of British rule in the 19th and 20th centuries.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Colonial Nigeria · See more »

Commander-in-chief

A commander-in-chief, also sometimes called supreme commander, or chief commander, is the person or body that exercises supreme operational command and control of a nation's military forces.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Commander-in-chief · See more »

Commonwealth of Nations

The Commonwealth of Nations, often known as simply the Commonwealth, is an intergovernmental organisation of 53 member states that are mostly former territories of the British Empire.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Commonwealth of Nations · See more »

Concession (territory)

In international law, a concession is a territory within a country that is administered by an entity other than the state which holds sovereignty over it.This is usually a colonizing power, or at least mandated by one, as in the case of colonial chartered companies.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Concession (territory) · See more »

Corpo Aereo Italiano

The Corpo Aereo Italiano (literally, "Italian Air Corps"), or CAI, was an expeditionary force from the Italian Regia Aeronautica ("Royal Air Force") that participated in the Battle of Britain and the Blitz during the final months of 1940 during World War II.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Corpo Aereo Italiano · See more »

Dan Pienaar

Major General Daniel Hermanus ("Dan") Pienaar (27 August 1893 – 19 December 1942) was a South African World War II military commander.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Dan Pienaar · See more »

Daniel Sandford (British Army officer)

Brigadier Daniel Arthur Sandford CBE, DSO (18 June 1882 – 22 January 1972) was an officer in the British Army, and an advisor to Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Daniel Sandford (British Army officer) · See more »

Dembidolo

Dambi Dolo, formerly Sayo or Saïo, is a market town and separate woreda in south-western Ethiopia.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Dembidolo · See more »

Destroyer

In naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast, maneuverable long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet, convoy or battle group and defend them against smaller powerful short-range attackers.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Destroyer · See more »

Dire Dawa

Dire Dawa (ድሬ ዳዋ, Dirre Dhawaa, lit. "Place of Remedy", Dir Dhabe, meaning "where Dir hit his spear into the ground", ديري داوا) is one of two chartered cities (astedader akabibi) in Ethiopia (the other being the capital, Addis Ababa).

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Dire Dawa · See more »

Djibouti

Djibouti (جيبوتي, Djibouti, Jabuuti, Gabuuti), officially the Republic of Djibouti, is a country located in the Horn of Africa.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Djibouti · See more »

Djibouti (city)

Djibouti City (also called Djibouti; مدينة جيبوتي, Ville de Djibouti, Magaalada Jabuuti, Magaala Gabuuti) is the eponymous capital and largest city of Djibouti.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Djibouti (city) · See more »

Dolo, Ethiopia

Dolo is a town in southeastern Ethiopia, within 30 kilometers of the Ethiopia-Somalia border.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Dolo, Ethiopia · See more »

Douglas Dickinson

Lieutenant-General Douglas Povah Dickinson CB DSO OBE MC (6 November 1886 – 8 January 1949) was a senior British Army officer who commanded the East Africa Force at the start of World War II.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Douglas Dickinson · See more »

Douglas Porch

Douglas Porch (born December 29, 1944) is an American military historian and academic.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Douglas Porch · See more »

Dubats

Dubats (English: White turbans) was the designation given to armed irregular bands employed by the Italian "Royal Corps of Colonial Troops" (Regio Corpo di Truppe Coloniali in Italian) in Italian Somaliland from 1924 to 1941.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Dubats · See more »

Dudley Clarke

Brigadier Dudley Wrangel Clarke (–) was an officer in the British Army, known as a pioneer of military deception operations during the Second World War.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Dudley Clarke · See more »

East Africa

East Africa or Eastern Africa is the eastern region of the African continent, variably defined by geography.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and East Africa · See more »

East Africa Protectorate

East Africa Protectorate (also known as British East Africa) was an area in the African Great Lakes occupying roughly the same terrain as present-day Kenya (approximately) from the Indian Ocean inland to Uganda and the Great Rift Valley.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and East Africa Protectorate · See more »

East Indies Station

The Commander-in-Chief, East Indies was a British Royal Navy admiral and the formation subordinate to him from 1865 to 1958.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and East Indies Station · See more »

Egypt Command

Egypt Command was a British military command.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Egypt Command · See more »

Eighth Army (United Kingdom)

The Eighth Army was a field army formation of the British Army during the Second World War, fighting in the North African and Italian campaigns.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Eighth Army (United Kingdom) · See more »

El Wak, Somalia

"Ceelwaaq" is a divided city on the Somalia-Kenya border.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and El Wak, Somalia · See more »

El-Gadarif

El-Gadarif (القضارف), also spelt Gedaref or Gedarif, is the capital of the state of Al Qadarif in Sudan.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and El-Gadarif · See more »

Eric Charles Twelves Wilson

Lieutenant Colonel Eric Charles Twelves Wilson VC (2 October 1912 – 23 December 2008) was an English British Army officer and colonial administrator.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Eric Charles Twelves Wilson · See more »

Eritrea

Eritrea (ኤርትራ), officially the State of Eritrea, is a country in the Horn of Africa, with its capital at Asmara.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Eritrea · See more »

Eritrean Liberation Front

The Eritrean Liberation Front (ELF) was the main independence movement in Eritrea which sought Eritrea's independence from Ethiopia during the 1960s and 1970s.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Eritrean Liberation Front · See more »

Essex Regiment

The Essex Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army in existence from 1881 to 1958.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Essex Regiment · See more »

Ethiopia

Ethiopia (ኢትዮጵያ), officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (የኢትዮጵያ ፌዴራላዊ ዲሞክራሲያዊ ሪፐብሊክ, yeʾĪtiyoṗṗya Fēdēralawī Dēmokirasīyawī Rīpebilīk), is a country located in the Horn of Africa.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Ethiopia · See more »

Ethiopian Empire

The Ethiopian Empire (የኢትዮጵያ ንጉሠ ነገሥት መንግሥተ), also known as Abyssinia (derived from the Arabic al-Habash), was a kingdom that spanned a geographical area in the current state of Ethiopia.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Ethiopian Empire · See more »

Fairey Albacore

The Fairey Albacore was a British single-engine carrier-borne biplane torpedo bomber built by Fairey Aviation between 1939 and 1943 for the Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm and used during the Second World War.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Fairey Albacore · See more »

Fairey Battle

The Fairey Battle was a British single-engine light bomber designed and manufactured by the Fairey Aviation Company.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Fairey Battle · See more »

Farasan Islands

The Farasan Islands (جزر فرسان; transliterated) are a large coral-island group in the Red Sea, belonging to Saudi Arabia.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Farasan Islands · See more »

Fiat CR.32

The Fiat CR.32 was an Italian biplane fighter used in the Spanish Civil War and World War II.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Fiat CR.32 · See more »

Fiat CR.42

The Fiat CR.42 Falco ("Falcon", plural: Falchi) was a single-seat sesquiplane fighter developed and produced by Italian aircraft manufacturer Fiat Aviazione.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Fiat CR.42 · See more »

Fiat M11/39

The Fiat-Ansaldo M11/39 was an Italian medium tank first produced prior to World War II.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Fiat M11/39 · See more »

Fifth Army (Italy)

The Italian Fifth Army was an Italian Army which was formed in World War I and World War II.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Fifth Army (Italy) · See more »

Fokker F.VII

The Fokker F.VII, also known as the Fokker Trimotor, was an airliner produced in the 1920s by the Dutch aircraft manufacturer Fokker, Fokker's American subsidiary Atlantic Aircraft Corporation, and other companies under licence.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Fokker F.VII · See more »

Force Publique

The Force Publique ("Public Force"; Openbare Weermacht) was a gendarmerie and military force in what is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 1885 (when the territory was known as the Congo Free State), through the period of Belgian colonial rule (Belgian Congo – 1908 to 1960).

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Force Publique · See more »

Francesco De Martini

Francesco de Martini (Damascus, 9 August 1903 – Grottaferrata, 26 November 1981) was an Italian officer of the Military Information Service (Servizio Informazioni Militari, or SIM) in Eritrea, when the Allies invaded Italian East Africa during World War II.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Francesco De Martini · See more »

Frank Messervy

General Sir Frank Walter Messervy & Bar (9 December 1893 – 2 February 1974) was a British Indian Army officer in both the First and Second World Wars. Following its independence, he was the first Commander of the Pakistan Army (15 August 1947 – 10 February 1948) Previously, he had become a Lieutenant-General in 1945; a General in 1947; General Officer Commanding in Chief or (GOC-in-C) Northern Command, India in 1946 and 1947.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Frank Messervy · See more »

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin Delano Roosevelt Sr. (January 30, 1882 – April 12, 1945), often referred to by his initials FDR, was an American statesman and political leader who served as the 32nd President of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Franklin D. Roosevelt · See more »

Free Belgian forces

The Free Belgian forces (Forces belges libres, Vrije Belgische Strijdkrachten) were soldiers from Belgium and its colonies who fought as part of the Allied armies during World War II, after the official Belgian surrender to Nazi Germany.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Free Belgian forces · See more »

Free France

Free France and its Free French Forces (French: France Libre and Forces françaises libres) were the government-in-exile led by Charles de Gaulle during the Second World War and its military forces, that continued to fight against the Axis powers as one of the Allies after the fall of France.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Free France · See more »

French Equatorial Africa

French Equatorial Africa (Afrique équatoriale française), or the AEF, was the federation of French colonial possessions in Equatorial Africa, extending northwards from the Congo River into the Sahel, and comprising what are today the countries of Chad, the Central African Republic, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, and Gabon.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and French Equatorial Africa · See more »

French Somaliland

French Somaliland (Côte française des Somalis, lit. "French Coast of the Somalis"; Dhulka Soomaaliyeed ee Faransiiska) was a French colony in the Horn of Africa.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and French Somaliland · See more »

French Third Republic

The French Third Republic (La Troisième République, sometimes written as La IIIe République) was the system of government adopted in France from 1870 when the Second French Empire collapsed during the Franco-Prussian War until 1940 when France's defeat by Nazi Germany in World War II led to the formation of the Vichy government in France.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and French Third Republic · See more »

French West Africa in World War II

In World War II, French West Africa (Afrique occidentale française, AOF) was not the scene of major fighting.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and French West Africa in World War II · See more »

Gale & Polden

Gale and Polden was a British printer and publisher.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Gale & Polden · See more »

Gallabat

Gallabat is a village in the Sudanese state of Al Qadarif.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Gallabat · See more »

General officer commanding

The General Officer Commanding (GOC) is the usual title given in the armies of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth (and some other, such as in Ireland) nations to a General Officer who holds a command appointment.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and General officer commanding · See more »

George Brink

Lieutenant-General George Edwin Brink (27 September 188930 April 1971) was a South African military commander.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and George Brink · See more »

German auxiliary cruiser Atlantis

The German auxiliary cruiser Atlantis (HSK 2), known to the Kriegsmarine as Schiff 16 and to the Royal Navy as Raider-C, was a converted German ''Hilfskreuzer'' (auxiliary cruiser), or merchant or commerce raider of the Kriegsmarine, which, in World War II, travelled more than in 602 days, and sank or captured 22 ships totaling.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and German auxiliary cruiser Atlantis · See more »

German Motorized Company

The German Motorized Company (Italian: Compagnia Autocarrata Tedesca, German: Deutsche Motorisierte Kompanie) was a small military unit formed by the Italians during the East African Campaign during World War II.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and German Motorized Company · See more »

German-occupied Europe

German-occupied Europe refers to the sovereign countries of Europe which were occupied by the military forces of Nazi Germany at various times between 1939 and 1945 and administered by the Nazi regime.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and German-occupied Europe · See more »

Ghana

Ghana, officially the Republic of Ghana, is a unitary presidential constitutional democracy, located along the Gulf of Guinea and Atlantic Ocean, in the subregion of West Africa.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Ghana · See more »

Gideon Force

Gideon Force was a small British and African special force, which acted as a Corps d'Elite amongst the Sudan Defence Force, Ethiopian regular forces and Arbegnoch (Patriots) fighting the Italian occupation in Ethiopia, during the East African Campaign of World War II.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Gideon Force · See more »

Gloster Gladiator

The Gloster Gladiator (or Gloster SS.37) is a British-built biplane fighter.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Gloster Gladiator · See more »

Gojjam

Gojjam (Amharic: ጎጃም gōjjām or Goǧǧam, originally ጐዛም gʷazzam, later ጐዣም gʷažžām, ጎዣም gōžžām) was a kingdom in the north-western part of Ethiopia, with its capital city at Debre Marqos.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Gojjam · See more »

Gold Coast (British colony)

The Gold Coast was a British colony on the Gulf of Guinea in west Africa from 1867 to its independence as the nation of Ghana in 1957.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Gold Coast (British colony) · See more »

Government Communications Headquarters

The Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) is an intelligence and security organisation responsible for providing signals intelligence (SIGINT) and information assurance to the government and armed forces of the United Kingdom.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Government Communications Headquarters · See more »

Governor-general

Governor-general (plural governors-general) or governor general (plural governors general), in modern usage, is the title of an office-holder appointed to represent the monarch of a sovereign state in the governing of an independent realm.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Governor-general · See more »

Greco-Italian War

The Greco-Italian War (Italo-Greek War, Italian Campaign in Greece; in Greece: War of '40 and Epic of '40) took place between the kingdoms of Italy and Greece from 28 October 1940 to 23 April 1941.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Greco-Italian War · See more »

Guglielmo Nasi

Guglielmo Ciro Nasi (21 February 1879 – 21 September 1971) was an Italian General who fought in Italian East Africa during World War II.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Guglielmo Nasi · See more »

Gulf of Aden

The Gulf of Aden, also known as the Gulf of Berbera, (خليج عدن,, Gacanka Berbera) is a gulf amidst Yemen to the north, the Arabian Sea and Guardafui Channel to the east, Somalia to the south, and Djibouti to the west.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Gulf of Aden · See more »

Gulf of Oman

The Gulf of Oman or Sea of Oman (خليج عُمان khalīj ʿUmān; دریای عمان daryāye ʿUmān) is a strait (and not an actual gulf) that connects the Arabian Sea with the Strait of Hormuz, which then runs to the Persian Gulf.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Gulf of Oman · See more »

Gulf of Suez

The Gulf of Suez (khalīǧ as-suwais; formerly بحر القلزم,, "Sea of Calm") is a gulf at the northern end of the Red Sea, to the west of the Sinai Peninsula.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Gulf of Suez · See more »

Haile Selassie

Haile Selassie I (ቀዳማዊ ኃይለ ሥላሴ, qädamawi haylä səllasé,;, born Ras Tafari Makonnen, was Ethiopia's regent from 1916 to 1930 and emperor from 1930 to 1974.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Haile Selassie · See more »

Hamid Idris Awate

Hamid Idris Awate (10 April 1910 – 28 May 1962) was an Eritrean independence leader.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Hamid Idris Awate · See more »

Harar

Harar (Harari: ሐረር), and known to its inhabitants as Gēy (Harari: ጌይ), is a walled city in eastern Ethiopia.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Harar · See more »

Hargeisa

Hargeisa (Hargeysa, هرجيسا) is a city situated in the Woqooyi Galbeed region of the self-declared but internationally unrecognised Republic of Somaliland in the Horn of Africa.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Hargeisa · See more »

Harry Edward de Robillard Wetherall

Lieutenant General Sir Harry Edward de Robillard Wetherall (22 February 1889 – 18 November 1979) was an officer in the British Army during the First and Second World Wars.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Harry Edward de Robillard Wetherall · See more »

Harry Kenneth Dimoline

Brigadier Harry Kenneth Dimoline CBE MBE DSO TD CPM (6 September? 1903–15 November 1972) was an artillery officer in the British and British Indian Armies during World War II.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Harry Kenneth Dimoline · See more »

Hawker Fury

The Hawker Fury was a British biplane fighter aircraft used by the Royal Air Force in the 1930s.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Hawker Fury · See more »

Hawker Hart

The Hawker Hart was a British two-seater biplane light bomber aircraft of the Royal Air Force (RAF).

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Hawker Hart · See more »

Hawker Hurricane

The Hawker Hurricane is a British single-seat fighter aircraft of the 1930s–1940s that was designed and predominantly built by Hawker Aircraft Ltd.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Hawker Hurricane · See more »

Henry Maitland Wilson

Field Marshal Henry Maitland Wilson, 1st Baron Wilson, (5 September 1881 – 31 December 1964), also known as Jumbo Wilson, was a senior British Army officer of the 20th century.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Henry Maitland Wilson · See more »

Highland Light Infantry

The Highland Light Infantry (HLI) was a light infantry regiment of the British Army formed in 1881.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Highland Light Infantry · See more »

History of modern Egypt

According to most scholars the history of modern Egypt dates from the emergence of Muhammad Ali's rule in the early 19th century and his launching of Egypt's modernization project that involved building a new army and suggesting a new map for Egypt.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and History of modern Egypt · See more »

Honours of war

The honours of war are a set of privileges that are granted to a defeated army during the surrender ceremony.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Honours of war · See more »

IMAM Ro.37

The Meridionali Ro.37 Lince (Italian: "Lynx") was a two-seater Italian reconnaissance biplane, a product of the Industrie Meccaniche Aeronautiche Meridionali (IMAM) company.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and IMAM Ro.37 · See more »

Indian Army

The Indian Army is the land-based branch and the largest component of the Indian Armed Forces.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Indian Army · See more »

Indian Ocean

The Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world's oceanic divisions, covering (approximately 20% of the water on the Earth's surface).

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Indian Ocean · See more »

Infantry tank

The infantry tank was a concept developed by the United Kingdom and France in the years leading up to World War II.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Infantry tank · See more »

Iran

Iran (ایران), also known as Persia, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (جمهوری اسلامی ایران), is a sovereign state in Western Asia. With over 81 million inhabitants, Iran is the world's 18th-most-populous country. Comprising a land area of, it is the second-largest country in the Middle East and the 17th-largest in the world. Iran is bordered to the northwest by Armenia and the Republic of Azerbaijan, to the north by the Caspian Sea, to the northeast by Turkmenistan, to the east by Afghanistan and Pakistan, to the south by the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman, and to the west by Turkey and Iraq. The country's central location in Eurasia and Western Asia, and its proximity to the Strait of Hormuz, give it geostrategic importance. Tehran is the country's capital and largest city, as well as its leading economic and cultural center. Iran is home to one of the world's oldest civilizations, beginning with the formation of the Elamite kingdoms in the fourth millennium BCE. It was first unified by the Iranian Medes in the seventh century BCE, reaching its greatest territorial size in the sixth century BCE, when Cyrus the Great founded the Achaemenid Empire, which stretched from Eastern Europe to the Indus Valley, becoming one of the largest empires in history. The Iranian realm fell to Alexander the Great in the fourth century BCE and was divided into several Hellenistic states. An Iranian rebellion culminated in the establishment of the Parthian Empire, which was succeeded in the third century CE by the Sasanian Empire, a leading world power for the next four centuries. Arab Muslims conquered the empire in the seventh century CE, displacing the indigenous faiths of Zoroastrianism and Manichaeism with Islam. Iran made major contributions to the Islamic Golden Age that followed, producing many influential figures in art and science. After two centuries, a period of various native Muslim dynasties began, which were later conquered by the Turks and the Mongols. The rise of the Safavids in the 15th century led to the reestablishment of a unified Iranian state and national identity, with the country's conversion to Shia Islam marking a turning point in Iranian and Muslim history. Under Nader Shah, Iran was one of the most powerful states in the 18th century, though by the 19th century, a series of conflicts with the Russian Empire led to significant territorial losses. Popular unrest led to the establishment of a constitutional monarchy and the country's first legislature. A 1953 coup instigated by the United Kingdom and the United States resulted in greater autocracy and growing anti-Western resentment. Subsequent unrest against foreign influence and political repression led to the 1979 Revolution and the establishment of an Islamic republic, a political system that includes elements of a parliamentary democracy vetted and supervised by a theocracy governed by an autocratic "Supreme Leader". During the 1980s, the country was engaged in a war with Iraq, which lasted for almost nine years and resulted in a high number of casualties and economic losses for both sides. According to international reports, Iran's human rights record is exceptionally poor. The regime in Iran is undemocratic, and has frequently persecuted and arrested critics of the government and its Supreme Leader. Women's rights in Iran are described as seriously inadequate, and children's rights have been severely violated, with more child offenders being executed in Iran than in any other country in the world. Since the 2000s, Iran's controversial nuclear program has raised concerns, which is part of the basis of the international sanctions against the country. The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, an agreement reached between Iran and the P5+1, was created on 14 July 2015, aimed to loosen the nuclear sanctions in exchange for Iran's restriction in producing enriched uranium. Iran is a founding member of the UN, ECO, NAM, OIC, and OPEC. It is a major regional and middle power, and its large reserves of fossil fuels – which include the world's largest natural gas supply and the fourth-largest proven oil reserves – exert considerable influence in international energy security and the world economy. The country's rich cultural legacy is reflected in part by its 22 UNESCO World Heritage Sites, the third-largest number in Asia and eleventh-largest in the world. Iran is a multicultural country comprising numerous ethnic and linguistic groups, the largest being Persians (61%), Azeris (16%), Kurds (10%), and Lurs (6%).

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Iran · See more »

Iraq

Iraq (or; العراق; عێراق), officially known as the Republic of Iraq (جُمُهورية العِراق; کۆماری عێراق), is a country in Western Asia, bordered by Turkey to the north, Iran to the east, Kuwait to the southeast, Saudi Arabia to the south, Jordan to the southwest and Syria to the west.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Iraq · See more »

Irregular military

Irregular military is any non-standard military component that is distinct from a country's national armed forces.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Irregular military · See more »

Italian African Police

The Italian African Police (Italian: Polizia dell'Africa Italiana, or PAI), was the police force of Italian Africa from 1 June 1936 and 1 December 1941.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Italian African Police · See more »

Italian auxiliary cruiser Ramb I

The Italian ship Ramb I was a pre-war "banana boat" converted to an auxiliary cruiser during World War II.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Italian auxiliary cruiser Ramb I · See more »

Italian auxiliary cruiser Ramb II

The Italian auxiliary cruiser Ramb II was a pre-war banana boat built at Monfalcone by the CRDA in 1937.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Italian auxiliary cruiser Ramb II · See more »

Italian East Africa

Italian East Africa (Africa Orientale Italiana) was an Italian colony in the Horn of Africa.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Italian East Africa · See more »

Italian Empire

The Italian Empire (Impero Italiano) comprised the colonies, protectorates, concessions, dependencies and trust territories of the Kingdom of Italy and, after 1946, the Italian Republic.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Italian Empire · See more »

Italian Eritrea

Italian Eritrea was a colony of the Kingdom of Italy in the territory of present-day Eritrea.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Italian Eritrea · See more »

Italian guerrilla war in Ethiopia

The Italian guerrilla war in Ethiopia was a conflict fought from the summer of 1941 to the autumn of 1943 by remnants of Italian troops in Ethiopia, in what had been the short-lived attempt to incorporate Ethiopia as part of Italian East Africa.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Italian guerrilla war in Ethiopia · See more »

Italian sloop Eritrea

Eritrea was a colonial ship of the Regia Marina constructed in the Castellammare Shipyards near Napoli.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Italian sloop Eritrea · See more »

Italian Somali Divisions (101 and 102)

The Italian Somali Divisions were two divisions of colonial soldiers from Italian Somaliland that were formed as part of the Italian Army during World War II.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Italian Somali Divisions (101 and 102) · See more »

Italian Somaliland

Italian Somaliland (Somalia italiana, الصومال الإيطالي Al-Sumal Al-Italiy, Dhulka Talyaaniga ee Soomaaliya), also known as Italian Somalia, was a colony of the Kingdom of Italy in present-day northeastern, central and southern Somalia.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Italian Somaliland · See more »

Jan Smuts

Field Marshal Jan Christiaan Smuts (24 May 1870 11 September 1950) was a prominent South African and British Commonwealth statesman, military leader and philosopher.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Jan Smuts · See more »

Jeddah

Jeddah (sometimes spelled Jiddah or Jedda;; جدة, Hejazi pronunciation) is a city in the Hijaz Tihamah region on the coast of the Red Sea and is the major urban center of western Saudi Arabia. It is the largest city in Makkah Province, the largest seaport on the Red Sea, and with a population of about four million people, the second-largest city in Saudi Arabia after the capital city, Riyadh. Jeddah is Saudi Arabia's commercial capital. Jeddah is the principal gateway to Mecca and Medina, two of the holiest cities in Islam and popular tourist attractions. Economically, Jeddah is focusing on further developing capital investment in scientific and engineering leadership within Saudi Arabia, and the Middle East. Jeddah was independently ranked fourth in the Africa – Mid-East region in terms of innovation in 2009 in the Innovation Cities Index. Jeddah is one of Saudi Arabia's primary resort cities and was named a Beta world city by the Globalization and World Cities Study Group and Network (GaWC). Given the city's close proximity to the Red Sea, fishing and seafood dominates the food culture unlike other parts of the country. In Arabic, the city's motto is "Jeddah Ghair," which translates to "Jeddah is different." The motto has been widely used among both locals as well as foreign visitors. The city had been previously perceived as the "most open" city in Saudi Arabia.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Jeddah · See more »

Jijiga

Jijiga (Jigjiga) is a city in eastern Ethiopia and the capital of the Somali Region of the country.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Jijiga · See more »

Jimma

Jimma (JimmamJimma, ጅማ), also spelled Jima, is the largest city in south-western Ethiopia.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Jimma · See more »

Junkers Ju 86

The Junkers Ju 86 was a German monoplane bomber and civilian airliner designed in the early 1930s, and employed by various air forces on both sides during World War II.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Junkers Ju 86 · See more »

Kassala

Kassala (كسلا,; Cassala) is the capital of the state of Kassala in eastern Sudan.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Kassala · See more »

Kenya

Kenya, officially the Republic of Kenya, is a country in Africa with its capital and largest city in Nairobi.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Kenya · See more »

Kenya Colony

The Colony and Protectorate of Kenya was part of the British Empire in Africa from 1920 until 1963.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Kenya Colony · See more »

Keren, Eritrea

Keren (Ge'ez: ከረን كرن or كيرين), formerly known as Cheren and Sanhit,Shinn, David & al.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Keren, Eritrea · See more »

Keru

Keru (كرو) is a city in Eritrea.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Keru · See more »

King's African Rifles

The King's African Rifles (KAR) was a multi-battalion British colonial regiment raised from Britain's various possessions in East Africa from 1902 until independence in the 1960s.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and King's African Rifles · See more »

Kingdom of Egypt

The Kingdom of Egypt (المملكة المصرية; المملكه المصريه, "the Egyptian Kingdom") was the de jure independent Egyptian state established under the Muhammad Ali Dynasty in 1922 following the Unilateral Declaration of Egyptian Independence by the United Kingdom.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Kingdom of Egypt · See more »

Kingdom of Italy

The Kingdom of Italy (Regno d'Italia) was a state which existed from 1861—when King Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia was proclaimed King of Italy—until 1946—when a constitutional referendum led civil discontent to abandon the monarchy and form the modern Italian Republic.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Kingdom of Italy · See more »

Kismayo

Kismayo (Kismaayo; كيسمايو,; Italian: Chisimaio) is a port city in the southern Lower Juba (Jubbada Hoose) province of Somalia.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Kismayo · See more »

Kobe

is the sixth-largest city in Japan and the capital city of Hyōgo Prefecture.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Kobe · See more »

Kurmuk

Kurmuk is a town in south-eastern Sudan near the border with Ethiopia.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Kurmuk · See more »

L3/35

The L3/35 or Carro Veloce CV-35 was an Italian tankette that saw combat before and during World War II.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and L3/35 · See more »

Lake Turkana

Lake Turkana, formerly known as Lake Rudolf, is a lake in the Kenyan Rift Valley, in northern Kenya, with its far northern end crossing into Ethiopia.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Lake Turkana · See more »

Leone-class destroyer

The Leone class were a group of destroyers built for the Italian Navy in the early 1920s.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Leone-class destroyer · See more »

Lewis Heath

Lieutenant General Sir Lewis Macclesfield Heath, (23 November 1885 – 10 January 1954) was an officer in the British Indian Army during the early to mid-twentieth century.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Lewis Heath · See more »

Liberation Day

Liberation Day is a day, often a public holiday, that marks the liberation of a place, similar to an independence day.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Liberation Day · See more »

Libya

Libya (ليبيا), officially the State of Libya (دولة ليبيا), is a sovereign state in the Maghreb region of North Africa, bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad and Niger to the south and Algeria and Tunisia to the west.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Libya · See more »

Libyan Desert

The Libyan Desert forms the northern and eastern part of the Sahara Desert.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Libyan Desert · See more »

Light Tank Mk VI

The Tank, Light, Mk VI was a British light tank, produced by Vickers-Armstrongs in the late 1930s, which saw service during the Second World War.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Light Tank Mk VI · See more »

List of Governors-General of Italian East Africa

This article lists the Governors-General of Italian East Africa, a colony of the Italian Empire from 1936 to 1941.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and List of Governors-General of Italian East Africa · See more »

Long Range Desert Group

The Long Range Desert Group (LRDG) was a reconnaissance and raiding unit of the British Army during the Second World War.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Long Range Desert Group · See more »

Louis Leakey

Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey (7 August 1903 – 1 October 1972) was a Kenyan paleoanthropologist and archaeologist whose work was important in demonstrating that humans evolved in Africa, particularly through discoveries made at Olduvai Gorge with his wife, fellow paleontologist Mary Leakey.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Louis Leakey · See more »

Luigi Frusci

Luigi Frusci (16 January 1879 – 1949) was an officer in the Italian Royal Army (Regio Esercito) during the Italian conquest of Ethiopia and World War II.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Luigi Frusci · See more »

Makonnen Endelkachew

Ras Betwoded Mekonnen Endelkachew (16 February 1890 – 27 February 1963) was an Ethiopian aristocrat and Prime Minister under Emperor Haile Selassie.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Makonnen Endelkachew · See more »

Maldive Islands

The Maldives Islands is a group of islands in the Indian Ocean composing today's Republic of Maldives and the island of Minicoy in the Union Territory of Lakshadweep of India.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Maldive Islands · See more »

Mandatory Palestine

Mandatory Palestine (فلسطين; פָּלֶשְׂתִּינָה (א"י), where "EY" indicates "Eretz Yisrael", Land of Israel) was a geopolitical entity under British administration, carved out of Ottoman Syria after World War I. British civil administration in Palestine operated from 1920 until 1948.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Mandatory Palestine · See more »

Mareb River

The Mareb River (or Gash River), is a river flowing out of central Eritrea.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Mareb River · See more »

Mario Bonetti

Mario Bonetti (March 3, 1888 – February 16, 1961) was an Italian admiral during World War II.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Mario Bonetti · See more »

Marsabit

Marsabit is a town in the northern Marsabit County in Kenya.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Marsabit · See more »

MAS (motorboat)

Motoscafo armato silurante (Italian: "torpedo armed motorboat"), commonly abbreviated as MAS was a class of fast torpedo armed vessel used by the Regia Marina (the Royal Navy of Italy) during World War I and World War II.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and MAS (motorboat) · See more »

Massawa

Massawa (Maṣṣawa‘, Mitsiwa), also known as Miṣṣiwa‘ (مِـصِّـوَع) and Bāḍiʿ (بَـاضِـع),Matt Phillips, Jean-Bernard Carillet, Lonely Planet Ethiopia and Eritrea, (Lonely Planet: 2006), p.340.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Massawa · See more »

Matilda II

The Infantry Tank Mark II, best known as the Matilda, was a British infantry tank of the Second World War.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Matilda II · See more »

Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War II

The Mediterranean and Middle East Theatre was a major theatre of operations during the Second World War.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War II · See more »

Mega, Ethiopia

Mega is a town in southern Ethiopia.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Mega, Ethiopia · See more »

Merchant raider

Merchant raiders are armed commerce raiding ships that disguise themselves as non-combatant merchant vessels.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Merchant raider · See more »

Metemma

Metemma (also known as Metemma Yohannes) is a town in northwestern Ethiopia, on the border with Sudan.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Metemma · See more »

Middle East

The Middle Easttranslit-std; translit; Orta Şərq; Central Kurdish: ڕۆژھەڵاتی ناوین, Rojhelatî Nawîn; Moyen-Orient; translit; translit; translit; Rojhilata Navîn; translit; Bariga Dhexe; Orta Doğu; translit is a transcontinental region centered on Western Asia, Turkey (both Asian and European), and Egypt (which is mostly in North Africa).

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Middle East · See more »

Middle East Command

Middle East Command, later Middle East Land Forces, was a British Army Command established prior to the Second World War in Egypt.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Middle East Command · See more »

Military history of Ethiopia

The military history of Ethiopia dates back to the foundation of early Ethiopian Kingdoms in 980 BC.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Military history of Ethiopia · See more »

Military history of Italy during World War II

The participation of Italy in the Second World War was characterized by a complex framework of ideology, politics, and diplomacy, while its military actions were often heavily influenced by external factors.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Military history of Italy during World War II · See more »

Military production during World War II

Military production during World War II includes the arms, ammunitions, personnel and financing which were mobilized for the war.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Military production during World War II · See more »

Milizia Coloniale

The Milizia Coloniale was an all-volunteer colonial milia composed of members of the Fascist Milizia Volontaria per la Sicurezza Nazionale ("Volunteer Militia for National Security") or MVSN, commonly called the "Blackshirts".

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Milizia Coloniale · See more »

Ministry of Information (United Kingdom)

The Ministry of Information (MOI), headed by the Minister of Information, was a United Kingdom government department created briefly at the end of the First World War and again during the Second World War.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Ministry of Information (United Kingdom) · See more »

Mogadishu

Mogadishu (Muqdisho), known locally as Xamar or Hamar, is the capital and most populous city of Somalia.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Mogadishu · See more »

Mogadishu under Italian rule

The city of Mogadishu came under Italian control in the 1880s after they acquired the territory of Italian Somaliland.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Mogadishu under Italian rule · See more »

Mombasa

Mombasa is a city on the coast of Kenya.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Mombasa · See more »

Motor Torpedo Boat

Motor Torpedo Boat (MTB) was the name given to fast torpedo boats by the Royal Navy and the Royal Canadian Navy.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Motor Torpedo Boat · See more »

Moyale

Moyale is a market town on the border of Ethiopia and Kenya, which is split between the two countries: the larger portion is in Ethiopia which is split by the Oromia Region from west and the Somali region from east, and the smaller is in Marsabit County, Kenya (the former capital of the defunct Moyale District).

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Moyale · See more »

Naval trawler

A naval trawler is a vessel built along the lines of a fishing trawler but fitted out for naval purposes.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Naval trawler · See more »

Neutral country

A neutral country is a state, which is either neutral towards belligerents in a specific war, or holds itself as permanently neutral in all future conflicts (including avoiding entering into military alliances such as NATO).

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Neutral country · See more »

Neutrality Acts of the 1930s

The Neutrality Acts were passed by the United States Congress in the, in response to the growing turmoil in Europe and Asia that eventually led to World War II.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Neutrality Acts of the 1930s · See more »

Nicolangelo Carnimeo

Nicolangelo Carnimeo (6 July 1887 – 1965) was an Italian general of World War 2 and a politician in the Italian Republic.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Nicolangelo Carnimeo · See more »

Nigel Leakey

Nigel Gray Leakey VC (1 January 1913 – 19 May 1941) was a Kenya born English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Nigel Leakey · See more »

Nigeria

Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria is a federal republic in West Africa, bordering Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in the north.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Nigeria · See more »

No. 14 Squadron RAF

No.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and No. 14 Squadron RAF · See more »

No. 223 Squadron RAF

No.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and No. 223 Squadron RAF · See more »

No. 237 Squadron RAF

No.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and No. 237 Squadron RAF · See more »

No. 45 Squadron RAF

45 Squadron is a flying squadron of the Royal Air Force.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and No. 45 Squadron RAF · See more »

No. 47 Squadron RAF

No.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and No. 47 Squadron RAF · See more »

Noel Beresford-Peirse

Lieutenant-General Sir Noel Monson de la Poer Beresford-Peirse KBE, CB, DSO (22 December 1887 – 14 January 1953) was a British Army officer.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Noel Beresford-Peirse · See more »

Non-commissioned officer

A non-commissioned officer (NCO) is a military officer who has not earned a commission.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Non-commissioned officer · See more »

North African Campaign

The North African Campaign of the Second World War took place in North Africa from 10 June 1940 to 13 May 1943.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and North African Campaign · See more »

Northern Rhodesia

Northern Rhodesia was a protectorate in south central Africa, formed in 1911 by amalgamating the two earlier protectorates of Barotziland-North-Western Rhodesia and North-Eastern Rhodesia.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Northern Rhodesia · See more »

Norway

Norway (Norwegian: (Bokmål) or (Nynorsk); Norga), officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a unitary sovereign state whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula plus the remote island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Norway · See more »

Nyasaland

Nyasaland, or the Nyasaland Protectorate, was a British Protectorate located in Africa, which was established in 1907 when the former British Central Africa Protectorate changed its name.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Nyasaland · See more »

Office of Public Sector Information

The Office of Public Sector Information (OPSI) is the body responsible for the operation of Her Majesty's Stationery Office (HMSO) and of other public information services of the United Kingdom.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Office of Public Sector Information · See more »

Oil tanker

An oil tanker, also known as a petroleum tanker, is a ship designed for the bulk transport of oil or its products.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Oil tanker · See more »

Oodweyne

Oodweyne - Daadmadheedh (Oodweyne) is a town in the northwestern Togdheer province of Somaliland.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Oodweyne · See more »

Operation Compass

Operation Compass was the first large Allied military operation of the Western Desert Campaign (1940–1943) during the Second World War.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Operation Compass · See more »

Orde Wingate

Orde Charles Wingate & Two Bars (26 February 1903 – 24 March 1944) was a senior British Army officer, known for his creation of the Chindit deep-penetration missions in Japanese-held territory during the Burma Campaign of World War II.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Orde Wingate · See more »

Ordnance QF 18-pounder

The Ordnance QF 18 pounder,British military traditionally denoted smaller ordnance by the weight of its standard projectile, in this case approximately or simply 18-pounder Gun, was the standard British Empire field gun of the First World War-era.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Ordnance QF 18-pounder · See more »

Patriots (Ethiopia)

The Patriots or Arbegnoch were Ethiopian resistance fighters in Italian East Africa from 1936 until 1941.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Patriots (Ethiopia) · See more »

Paul Legentilhomme

Paul Legentilhomme (Paul Louis Le Gentilhomme) (March 26, 1884 – May 23, 1975) was an officer in the French Army during World War I and World War II.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Paul Legentilhomme · See more »

Perim

Perim (بريم), also called Mayyun in Arabic, is a volcanic island in the Strait of Mandeb at the south entrance into the Red Sea, off the south-west coast of Yemen and belonging to Yemen.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Perim · See more »

Pierre Nouailhetas

Pierre-Marie-Élie-Louis Nouailhetas (1894–1985) was a French naval officer who served as the governor (gouverneur) of French Somaliland (Côte française des Somalis) from 7 August 1940 until 21 October 1942 during World War II.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Pierre Nouailhetas · See more »

Pietro Gazzera

Pietro Gazzera (11 December 1879 – 30 June 1953) was an officer in the Italian Royal Army during World War II, as well as a prewar Italian politician.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Pietro Gazzera · See more »

Political Resident

In the British Empire a Political Resident or Political Agent was an official diplomatic position involving both consular duties and liaison function.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Political Resident · See more »

Potsdam Conference

The Potsdam Conference (Potsdamer Konferenz) was held at Cecilienhof, the home of Crown Prince Wilhelm, in Potsdam, occupied Germany, from 17 July to 2 August 1945.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Potsdam Conference · See more »

Premindra Singh Bhagat

Lieutenant General Premindra Singh Bhagat, VC, PVSM (14 October 1918 – 23 May 1975) was a General officer in the Indian Army and an Indian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. The Victoria Cross was conferred on him for his actions in the Sudan theatre during World War II. General Bhagat is an alumnus of the famous Prince of Wales Royal Indian Military College, Dehradun.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Premindra Singh Bhagat · See more »

Prince Amedeo, Duke of Aosta

Prince Amedeo, Duke of Aosta (Amedeo Umberto Isabella Luigi Filippo Maria Giuseppe Giovanni di Savoia-Aosta; 21 October 1898 – 3 March 1942) was the third Duke of Aosta and a first cousin, once removed of the King of Italy, Victor Emmanuel III.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Prince Amedeo, Duke of Aosta · See more »

Protectorate

A protectorate, in its inception adopted by modern international law, is a dependent territory that has been granted local autonomy and some independence while still retaining the suzerainty of a greater sovereign state.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Protectorate · See more »

Qaysān, Qēssan

Qaysān or Qeissan or Qēssan is a village in Blue Nile State, south-eastern Sudan on the border with Ethiopia.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Qaysān, Qēssan · See more »

QF 3.7-inch mountain howitzer

Ordnance, QF 3.7-inch howitzer is a mountain gun, used by British and Commonwealth armies in World War I and World War II, and between the wars.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and QF 3.7-inch mountain howitzer · See more »

RAF Middle East Command

Middle East Command was a command of the Royal Air Force (RAF) that was active during the Second World War.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and RAF Middle East Command · See more »

Ralph Leatham

Admiral Sir Ralph Leatham KCB (3 March 1888 – 10 March 1954) was a Royal Navy officer who served as Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth during World War II.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Ralph Leatham · See more »

Ranald Reid

Air Vice Marshal Sir George Ranald MacFarlane Reid, (25 October 1893 – 19 May 1991), known as Sir Ranald Reid, was a senior officer of the Royal Air Force.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Ranald Reid · See more »

Red Sea

The Red Sea (also the Erythraean Sea) is a seawater inlet of the Indian Ocean, lying between Africa and Asia.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Red Sea · See more »

Red Sea Flotilla

The Red Sea Flotilla (Flottiglia del mar rosso) was part of the ''Regia Marina Italia'' (Italian Royal Navy) based at Massawa in the colony of Italian Eritrea, part of Italian East Africa.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Red Sea Flotilla · See more »

Regia Aeronautica

The Italian Royal Air Force (Regia Aeronautica Italiana) was the name of the air force of the Kingdom of Italy.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Regia Aeronautica · See more »

Regia Marina

The Royal Navy (Italian: Regia Marina) was the navy of the Kingdom of Italy (Regno d'Italia) from 1861 to 1946.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Regia Marina · See more »

Richhpal Ram

Richhpal Ram VC (20 August 1899 – 12 February 1941) was an Indian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Richhpal Ram · See more »

Robert Cassels

General Sir Robert Archibald Cassels, (15 March 1876 – 23 December 1959) was an Indian Army officer.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Robert Cassels · See more »

Rosa Dainelli

Rosa Dainelli was an Italian doctor who was working in Ethiopia during World War II, when the British conquered (in 1941) the Italian Empire in the Horn of Africa.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Rosa Dainelli · See more »

Royal Air Force

The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the United Kingdom's aerial warfare force.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Royal Air Force · See more »

Royal Corps of Colonial Troops

The Royal Corps of Colonial Troops (Regio Corpo Truppe Coloniali or RCTC) was a corps of the Italian armed forces, in which all the Italian colonial troops were grouped until the end of World War II in Africa.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Royal Corps of Colonial Troops · See more »

Royal Corps of Somali Colonial Troops

The Royal Corps of Somali Colonial Troops (Regio corpo truppe coloniali della Somalia italiana) was the colonial body of the Royal Italian Army based in Italian Somaliland, in present-day northeastern, central and southern Somalia.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Royal Corps of Somali Colonial Troops · See more »

Royal Indian Artillery

The Royal Regiment of Indian Artillery, generally known as the Royal Indian Artillery (RIA), was an administrative corps of the British Indian Army.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Royal Indian Artillery · See more »

Royal Italian Army

The Royal Italian Army (Italian: Regio Esercito Italiano) was the army of the Kingdom of Italy from the unification of Italy in 1861 to the birth of the Italian Republic in 1946.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Royal Italian Army · See more »

Royal Italian Army during World War II

This article is about the Italian Royal Army (Regio Esercito) which participated in World War II.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Royal Italian Army during World War II · See more »

Royal Navy

The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Royal Navy · See more »

Royal West African Frontier Force

The West African Frontier Force (WAFF) was a multi-battalion field force, formed by the British Colonial Office in 1900 to garrison the West African colonies of Nigeria, Gold Coast, Sierra Leone and Gambia.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Royal West African Frontier Force · See more »

Sauro-class destroyer

The Sauro class were a group of destroyers built for the Italian Navy in the late 1920s.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Sauro-class destroyer · See more »

Savoia-Marchetti S.73

The Savoia-Marchetti S.73 was an Italian three-engine airliner that flew in the 1930s and early 1940s.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Savoia-Marchetti S.73 · See more »

Savoia-Marchetti SM.79

The Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 Sparviero (Italian for sparrowhawk) was a three-engined Italian medium bomber developed and manufactured by aviation company Savoia-Marchetti.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 · See more »

Savoia-Marchetti SM.81

The Savoia-Marchetti SM.81 Pipistrello (Italian: bat) was the first three-engine bomber/transport aircraft serving in the Italian Regia Aeronautica.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Savoia-Marchetti SM.81 · See more »

Second Italo-Ethiopian War

The Second Italo-Ethiopian War, also referred to as the Second Italo-Abyssinian War, was a colonial war from 3 October 1935 until 1939, despite the Italian claim to have defeated Ethiopia by 5 May 1936, the date of the capture of Addis Ababa.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Second Italo-Ethiopian War · See more »

Secretary of State for War

The position of Secretary of State for War, commonly called War Secretary, was a British cabinet-level position, first held by Henry Dundas (appointed in 1794).

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Secretary of State for War · See more »

Shoreham-class sloop

The Shoreham-class sloops were a class of eight warships of the Royal Navy built in the early 1930s.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Shoreham-class sloop · See more »

Somali Region

The Ethiopian Somali State (Dawlada Deegaanka Soomaalida Itoobiya, الدولة الاثيوبية المنطقة الصومالية) is the easternmost of the nine ethnic divisions (kililoch) of Ethiopia.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Somali Region · See more »

Somali Republic

The Somali Republic (Jamhuuriyadda Soomaaliyeed, Repubblica Somala, جمهورية الصومال) was the official name of Somalia after independence on July 1, 1960, following the unification of the Trust Territory of Somaliland (the former Italian Somaliland) and the State of Somaliland (the former British Somaliland).

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Somali Republic · See more »

Somalia

Somalia (Soomaaliya; aṣ-Ṣūmāl), officially the Federal Republic of SomaliaThe Federal Republic of Somalia is the country's name per Article 1 of the.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Somalia · See more »

Somaliland

Somaliland (Somaliland; صوماليلاند, rtl), officially the Republic of Somaliland (Jamhuuriyadda Somaliland, جمهورية صوماليلاند Jumhūrīyat Ṣūmālīlānd), is a self-declared state internationally recognised as an autonomous region of Somalia.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Somaliland · See more »

Somaliland Camel Corps

The Somaliland Camel Corps (SCC) also referred to as the Somali Camel Corps, was a unit of the British Army based in British Somaliland.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Somaliland Camel Corps · See more »

South Africa

South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and South Africa · See more »

South African Air Force

The South African Air Force (SAAF) is the air force of South Africa, with headquarters in Pretoria.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and South African Air Force · See more »

South African Irish Regiment

The South African Irish Regiment is an infantry regiment of the South African Army.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and South African Irish Regiment · See more »

South Sudan

South Sudan, officially known as the Republic of South Sudan, is a landlocked country in East-Central Africa.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and South Sudan · See more »

Southern Rhodesia

The Colony of Southern Rhodesia was a self-governing British Crown colony in southern Africa from 1923 to 1980, the predecessor state of modern Zimbabwe.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Southern Rhodesia · See more »

Spanish Civil War

The Spanish Civil War (Guerra Civil Española),Also known as The Crusade (La Cruzada) among Nationalists, the Fourth Carlist War (Cuarta Guerra Carlista) among Carlists, and The Rebellion (La Rebelión) or Uprising (Sublevación) among Republicans.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Spanish Civil War · See more »

Staff (military)

A military staff (often referred to as general staff, army staff, navy staff, or air staff within the individual services) is a group of officers, enlisted and civilian personnel that are responsible for the administrative, operational and logistical needs of its unit.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Staff (military) · See more »

State of Somaliland

The State of Somaliland was a short-lived independent state in the territory of present-day northwestern Somalia, which is also known as the self-declared Republic of Somaliland.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and State of Somaliland · See more »

Submarine

A submarine (or simply sub) is a watercraft capable of independent operation underwater.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Submarine · See more »

Sudan

The Sudan or Sudan (السودان as-Sūdān) also known as North Sudan since South Sudan's independence and officially the Republic of the Sudan (جمهورية السودان Jumhūriyyat as-Sūdān), is a country in Northeast Africa.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Sudan · See more »

Sudan Defence Force

The Sudan Defence Force (SDF) was a British Army unit formed in 1925, as its name indicates, to maintain the borders of the Sudan under the British administration.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Sudan Defence Force · See more »

Suez

Suez (السويس; Egyptian Arabic) is a seaport city (population ca. 497,000) in north-eastern Egypt, located on the north coast of the Gulf of Suez (a branch of the Red Sea), near the southern terminus of the Suez Canal, having the same boundaries as Suez governorate.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Suez · See more »

Suez Canal

thumb The Suez Canal (قناة السويس) is an artificial sea-level waterway in Egypt, connecting the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea through the Isthmus of Suez.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Suez Canal · See more »

Syria

Syria (سوريا), officially known as the Syrian Arab Republic (الجمهورية العربية السورية), is a country in Western Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east, Jordan to the south, and Israel to the southwest.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Syria · See more »

Syria–Lebanon Campaign

The Syria–Lebanon campaign, also known as Operation Exporter, was the British invasion of Vichy French Syria and Lebanon from June–July 1941, during the Second World War.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Syria–Lebanon Campaign · See more »

Tana River (Kenya)

The long Tana River is the longest river in Kenya, and gives its name to the Tana River County.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Tana River (Kenya) · See more »

The Garhwal Rifles

The Garhwal Rifles is one of the most decorated infantry regiments of the Indian Army.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and The Garhwal Rifles · See more »

The War Illustrated

The War Illustrated was a British war magazine published in London by William Berry (later Viscount Camrose and owner of The Daily Telegraph).

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and The War Illustrated · See more »

Tianjin

Tianjin, formerly romanized as Tientsin, is a coastal metropolis in northern China and one of the four national central cities of the People's Republic of China (PRC), with a total population of 15,469,500, and is also the world's 11th-most populous city proper.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Tianjin · See more »

Trust Territory of Somaliland

The Trust Territory of Somaliland (officially, the "Trust Territory of Somaliland under Italian administration") was a United Nations Trust Territory situated in present-day northeastern, central and southern Somalia.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Trust Territory of Somaliland · See more »

Turkana County

Turkana County is a county in the former Rift Valley Province of Kenya.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Turkana County · See more »

Uganda

Uganda, officially the Republic of Uganda (Jamhuri ya Uganda), is a landlocked country in East Africa.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Uganda · See more »

Ugo Cavallero

Ugo Cavallero (20 September 1880 – 13 September 1943) was an Italian military commander before and during World War II.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Ugo Cavallero · See more »

Under the Red Sea Sun

Under the Red Sea Sun (New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1946) is a book by Edward Ellsberg describing salvage operations of the many ships scuttled by the Italians to block the port of Massawa on the Red Sea coast of Eritrea during World War II.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Under the Red Sea Sun · See more »

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and United Kingdom · See more »

Viceroy

A viceroy is a regal official who runs a country, colony, city, province, or sub-national state, in the name of and as the representative of the monarch of the territory.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Viceroy · See more »

Vichy France

Vichy France (Régime de Vichy) is the common name of the French State (État français) headed by Marshal Philippe Pétain during World War II.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Vichy France · See more »

Vickers Type 264 Valentia

The Vickers Valentia (company designation Type 264) was a British biplane cargo aircraft built by Vickers for the Royal Air Force.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Vickers Type 264 Valentia · See more »

Vickers Vildebeest

The Vickers Vildebeest and the similar Vickers Vincent were two very large two- to three-seat single-engined British biplanes designed and built by Vickers and used as light bombers, torpedo bombers and in army cooperation roles.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Vickers Vildebeest · See more »

Vickers Wellesley

The Vickers Wellesley was a British 1930s light bomber built by Vickers-Armstrongs at Brooklands near Weybridge, Surrey, for the Royal Air Force.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Vickers Wellesley · See more »

Wajir

Wajir (Wajeer) is the capital of the Wajir County of Kenya.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Wajir · See more »

War Office

The War Office was a department of the British Government responsible for the administration of the British Army between 1857 and 1964, when its functions were transferred to the Ministry of Defence.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and War Office · See more »

Warsheikh

Warsheikh (Warsheekh, وأرشيخ) is a town in the southeastern Middle Shabelle (Shabeellaha Dhexe) region of Somalia.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Warsheikh · See more »

Welkait

Welkait is a woreda and region in northwestern Ethiopia, part of the West Zone of Tigray Region.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Welkait · See more »

West Yorkshire Regiment

The West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) (14th Foot) was an infantry regiment of the British Army.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and West Yorkshire Regiment · See more »

Western Desert Campaign

The Western Desert Campaign (Desert War), took place in the deserts of Egypt and Libya and was the main theatre in the North African Campaign during the Second World War.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Western Desert Campaign · See more »

William Berry, 1st Viscount Camrose

William Ewart Berry, 1st Viscount Camrose DL (23 June 1879 – 15 June 1954), was a British newspaper publisher.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and William Berry, 1st Viscount Camrose · See more »

William Mitchell (RAF officer)

Air Chief Marshal Sir William Gore Sutherland Mitchell, (8 March 1888 – 15 August 1944) was a senior commander in the Royal Air Force (RAF) and the first RAF officer to hold the post of Black Rod.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and William Mitchell (RAF officer) · See more »

William Platt

General Sir William Platt (14 June 1885 – 28 September 1975) was a senior officer of the British Army during both World War I and World War II.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and William Platt · See more »

William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim

Field Marshal William Joseph Slim, 1st Viscount Slim, (6 August 1891 – 14 December 1970), usually known as Bill Slim, was a British military commander and the 13th Governor-General of Australia.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim · See more »

Winston Churchill

Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill (30 November 187424 January 1965) was a British politician, army officer, and writer, who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Winston Churchill · See more »

Worcestershire Regiment

The Worcestershire Regiment was a line infantry regiment in the British Army, formed in 1881 under the Childers Reforms by the amalgamation of the 29th (Worcestershire) Regiment of Foot and the 36th (Herefordshire) Regiment of Foot.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Worcestershire Regiment · See more »

World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and World War II · See more »

Zaptié

Zaptié was the designation given to locally raised gendarmerie units in the Italian colonies of Tripolitania, Cyrenaica, Eritrea and Italian Somaliland between 1889 and 1942.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Zaptié · See more »

Zeila

Zeila (Saylac, زيلع), also known as Zaila or Zeyla, is a port city in the northwestern Awdal region of Somaliland.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and Zeila · See more »

1 Squadron SAAF

1 Squadron SAAF was an air force squadron of the South African Air Force and was formed at Air Force Station Swartkop in February 1920, equipped with De Havilland DH.9's part of the Imperial Gift donation to South Africa by Britain.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and 1 Squadron SAAF · See more »

10th Baluch Regiment

The 10th Baluch or Baluch Regiment was a regiment of the British Indian Army from 1922 to 1947.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and 10th Baluch Regiment · See more »

10th Indian Infantry Brigade

The 10th Indian Infantry Brigade was an infantry brigade formation of the Indian Army during World War II.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and 10th Indian Infantry Brigade · See more »

11 Squadron SAAF

11 Squadron was a World War II squadron of the South African Air Force.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and 11 Squadron SAAF · See more »

12 Squadron SAAF

12 Squadron was a South African Air Force squadron that served in World War II in East Africa and the Western Desert as a medium bomber squadron.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and 12 Squadron SAAF · See more »

14th Punjab Regiment

The 14th Punjab Regiment was a regiment of the British Indian Army from 1922 to 1947.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and 14th Punjab Regiment · See more »

15th Punjab Regiment

The 15th Punjab Regiment was a regiment of the British Indian Army from 1922 to 1947.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and 15th Punjab Regiment · See more »

1st (African) Division

The 1st (African) Division was a British Empire colonial unit during World War II.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and 1st (African) Division · See more »

1st (West Africa) Infantry Brigade

The 1st (West Africa) Infantry Brigade was an infantry formation of the British Army during World War II.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and 1st (West Africa) Infantry Brigade · See more »

1st Horse (Skinner's Horse)

The 1st Horse (Skinner's Horse) is a cavalry regiment of the Indian Army, which served in the British Indian Army before independence.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and 1st Horse (Skinner's Horse) · See more »

1st Infantry Division (South Africa)

The 1st South African Infantry Division was an infantry division of the army of the Union of South Africa.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and 1st Infantry Division (South Africa) · See more »

2 Squadron SAAF

2 Squadron is a squadron in the South African Air Force which was formed in 1940.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and 2 Squadron SAAF · See more »

22nd Derajat Mountain Battery (Frontier Force)

The 2nd Derajat Mountain Battery (Frontier Force) was an artillery battery in the British Indian Army.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and 22nd Derajat Mountain Battery (Frontier Force) · See more »

29th Indian Infantry Brigade

The 29th Indian Infantry Brigade was an infantry brigade formation of the Indian Army during World War II.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and 29th Indian Infantry Brigade · See more »

2nd (African) Division

The 2nd (African) Division was a British Empire colonial unit that fought during World War II.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and 2nd (African) Division · See more »

2nd (West Africa) Infantry Brigade

The 2nd (West Africa) Infantry Brigade was a World War II unit of the British Army it was formed from battalions of the Royal West African Frontier Force in 1940.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and 2nd (West Africa) Infantry Brigade · See more »

40 Squadron SAAF

40 Squadron SAAF existed as a combat unit from early 1940 through to late 1945.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and 40 Squadron SAAF · See more »

40th Infantry Division Cacciatori d'Africa

The 40th Infantry Division "Cacciatori d’Africa" (Hunters of Africa) was an infantry division of the Italian Army (Regio Esercito Italiano) during World War II.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and 40th Infantry Division Cacciatori d'Africa · See more »

4th Infantry Division (India)

The 4th Indian Infantry Division, also known as the Red Eagle Division, is the infantry division name the Indian Army retained after the present India adopted its entire rank and structure from its parent Army, the British Army.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and 4th Infantry Division (India) · See more »

4th Royal Tank Regiment

The 4th Royal Tank Regiment (4 RTR) was an armoured regiment of the British Army from its creation in 1917, during World War I, until 1993.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and 4th Royal Tank Regiment · See more »

5th Infantry Division (India)

The 5th Indian Infantry Division was an infantry division of the Indian Army during World War II that fought in several theatres of war and was nicknamed the "Ball of Fire".

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and 5th Infantry Division (India) · See more »

65th Infantry Division Granatieri di Savoia

The 65th Infantry Division "Grenadiers of Savoy" (Italian: Granatieri di Savoia) was an infantry division of the Italian Army (Regio Esercito Italiano) during World War II.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and 65th Infantry Division Granatieri di Savoia · See more »

813 Naval Air Squadron

813 Naval Air Squadron was an aircraft squadron of the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm during World War II and again post-war.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and 813 Naval Air Squadron · See more »

81st (West Africa) Division

The 81st (West Africa) Division was formed under British control during World War II.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and 81st (West Africa) Division · See more »

824 Naval Air Squadron

824 Naval Air Squadron is a Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm squadron first formed on 3 April 1933, disbanding and reforming several times before assuming its current role at RNAS Culdrose as a training squadron.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and 824 Naval Air Squadron · See more »

82nd (West Africa) Division

The 82nd (West Africa) Division was formed under British control during World War II.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and 82nd (West Africa) Division · See more »

9th Indian Infantry Brigade

The 9th Indian Infantry Brigade was an infantry brigade formation of the Indian Army during World War II.

New!!: East African Campaign (World War II) and 9th Indian Infantry Brigade · See more »

Redirects here:

Capture of Italian Somaliland, East Africa Campaign (World War II), East African Campaign (WWII), Operation Canvas, Recapture of British Somaliland, The Italian Invasion of British Somaliland.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_African_Campaign_(World_War_II)

Unionpedia is a concept map or semantic network organized like an encyclopedia – dictionary. It gives a brief definition of each concept and its relationships.

This is a giant online mental map that serves as a basis for concept diagrams. It's free to use and each article or document can be downloaded. It's a tool, resource or reference for study, research, education, learning or teaching, that can be used by teachers, educators, pupils or students; for the academic world: for school, primary, secondary, high school, middle, technical degree, college, university, undergraduate, master's or doctoral degrees; for papers, reports, projects, ideas, documentation, surveys, summaries, or thesis. Here is the definition, explanation, description, or the meaning of each significant on which you need information, and a list of their associated concepts as a glossary. Available in English, Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Polish, Dutch, Russian, Arabic, Hindi, Swedish, Ukrainian, Hungarian, Catalan, Czech, Hebrew, Danish, Finnish, Indonesian, Norwegian, Romanian, Turkish, Vietnamese, Korean, Thai, Greek, Bulgarian, Croatian, Slovak, Lithuanian, Filipino, Latvian, Estonian and Slovenian. More languages soon.

All the information was extracted from Wikipedia, and it's available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.

Unionpedia is not endorsed by or affiliated with the Wikimedia Foundation.

Google Play, Android and the Google Play logo are trademarks of Google Inc.