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Abyssinia
Abyssinia (Ethiopia), an ancient East African kingdom of some ten million people ruled by an emperor, Haile Selassie. In October 1935 Abyssinia was invaded by Italian forces from the neighbouring Italian territories of Italian Somaliland and Eritrea, and in March 1936 Haile Selassie's forces were decisively defeated by Badoglio; the emperor was forced into exile in the UK.
The country became part of Italian East Africa, with Graziani as its governor-general and viceroy, and the population was ruthlessly repressed. When Italy entered the war in June 1940 it became a springboard from which the Italians attacked frontier posts in the Sudan and Kenya, and for the capture of British Somaliland. But with internal rebellion threatening them the Italians failed to capitalize on these successes and were eventually defeated in the East African campaign by British and Commonwealth forces. Haile Selassie was returned to his throne by Wingate and his Gideon Force in May 1941 and later managed to wrest control of his country from his British allies. See also Mussolini, 3. |
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I. C. B. DEAR and M. R. D. FOOT. "Abyssinia." The Oxford Companion to World War II. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. I. C. B. DEAR and M. R. D. FOOT. "Abyssinia." The Oxford Companion to World War II. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O129-Abyssinia.html I. C. B. DEAR and M. R. D. FOOT. "Abyssinia." The Oxford Companion to World War II. 2001. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O129-Abyssinia.html |
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Abyssinia
Abyssinia A former name of ETHIOPIA.
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"Abyssinia." A Dictionary of World History. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Abyssinia." A Dictionary of World History. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O48-Abyssinia.html "Abyssinia." A Dictionary of World History. 2000. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O48-Abyssinia.html |
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Abyssinia
Abyssinia : see Ethiopia . |
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"Abyssinia." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Abyssinia." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-X-Abyssini.html "Abyssinia." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-X-Abyssini.html |
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