East African campaign (World War II)
The East African campaign (also known as the Abyssinian campaign) was fought in East Africa during the Second World War by Allies of World War II, mainly from the British Empire, against Italy and its colony of Italian East Africa, between June 1940 and November 1941. The British Middle East Command with troops from the United Kingdom, South Africa, British India, Uganda Protectorate, Kenya, Somaliland, West Africa, Northern and Southern Rhodesia, Sudan and Nyasaland participated in the campaign. These were joined by the Allied Force Publique of Belgian Congo, Imperial Ethiopian Arbegnoch (resistance forces) and a small unit of Free French.
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East African campaign (World War II)
The East African campaign (also known as the Abyssinian campaign) was fought in East Africa during the Second World War by Allies of World War II, mainly from the British Empire, against Italy and its colony of Italian East Africa, between June 1940 and November 1941. The British Middle East Command with troops from the United Kingdom, South Africa, British India, Uganda Protectorate, Kenya, Somaliland, West Africa, Northern and Southern Rhodesia, Sudan and Nyasaland participated in the campaign. These were joined by the Allied Force Publique of Belgian Congo, Imperial Ethiopian Arbegnoch (resistance forces) and a small unit of Free French.
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Als Ostafrikafeldzug werden di ...... mpanie deutscher Freiwilliger.
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Kampania wschodnioafrykańska ( ...... ampanii na Pustyni Libijskiej.
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Kampanye Afrika Timur adalah s ...... telah pada bulan November 1941
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La Campagna dell'Africa Orient ...... urono vinte nel novembre 1941.
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La Campagne d'Afrique de l'Est ...... et leur évacuation de la zone.
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La Campanya de l'Àfrica Orient ...... andades per oficials italians.
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La Campaña de África Oriental ...... 1940 hasta noviembre de 1941.
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The East African campaign (als ...... n the Western Desert campaign.
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Восточноафриканская кампания — ...... м театре Второй мировой войны.
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Східноафриканська кампанія — с ...... нського театру військових дій.
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causalties
(dysentery: 10,000
11,130 killed
15 aircraft
Aircraft: 138
Belgian: 462 dead
Sickness/accident: 74,550
Subsequent operations: Gondar, 32 killed, 182 wounded, 6 missing
To April 1941: 75,704
malaria: 10,000, fatal: 744)
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*Arbegnoch
*Equatorial Africa
Italian East Africa
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1940-06-10
1943-09-08
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Allied victory
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* Colonial: 258,322
* Italian: 112,731
* Italian: 91,203
* June 1940: 290,476
* June 1940: 9,000
* June 1940: 9,975
* Nov. 1940: 28,000
* Nov. 1940: 70,000
*Colonial: 199,273
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casualties
Aircraft: 138
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Aircraft: 250
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Belgian: 462 dead
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Sickness/accident: 74,550
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Subsequent operations: Gondar, 32 killed, 182 wounded, 6 missing
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combatant
* Arbegnoch
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* Equatorial Africa
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Italian East Africa
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commander
Abebe Aregai
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Alan Cunningham
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Archibald Wavell
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Auguste Gilliaert
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Carlo De Simone
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Duke of Aosta
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Guglielmo Nasi
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Haile Selassie
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Luigi Frusci
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Pietro Gazzera
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East African campaign
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AOI casualties exclude Giuba and the eastern front
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Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of the Second World War
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East Africa
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Allied victory
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AOI
* June 1940: 290,476
* Ita ...... Colonial: 258,322
German: 100
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East African: 33,000
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Kenya
* June 1940: 9,975
* Nov. 1940: 70,000
South African: 27,000
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Sudan
* June 1940: 9,000
* Nov. 1940: 28,000
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West African: 9,000
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Dissolution of Italian East Africa
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Als Ostafrikafeldzug werden di ...... mpanie deutscher Freiwilliger.
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Kampania wschodnioafrykańska ( ...... a jednostka Wolnych Francuzów.
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Kampanye Afrika Timur adalah s ...... telah pada bulan November 1941
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La Campagna dell'Africa Orient ...... la conquista italiana del 1936
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La Campagne d'Afrique de l'Est ...... et leur évacuation de la zone.
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La Campanya de l'Àfrica Orient ...... andades per oficials italians.
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La Campaña de África Oriental ...... 1940 hasta noviembre de 1941.
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The East African campaign (als ...... d a small unit of Free French.
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Восточноафриканская кампания — ...... м театре Второй мировой войны.
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Східноафриканська кампанія — с ...... нського театру військових дій.
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Campagna dell'Africa Orientale Italiana
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Campagne d'Afrique de l'Est (Seconde Guerre mondiale)
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Campanya de l'Àfrica Oriental
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Campaña de África Oriental (Segunda Guerra Mundial)
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East African campaign (World War II)
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Kampania wschodnioafrykańska w czasie II wojny światowej
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Kampanye Afrika Timur (Perang Dunia II)
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Ostafrikafeldzug
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Восточноафриканская кампания
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Східноафриканська кампанія (Друга світова війна)
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