Italian invasion

- H.I.M. & Solomonic Dynasty
December 10, 2016
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H.I.M. Emperor Haile Selassie I World War II – Italian Invasion

H.I.M. Emperor Haile Selassie I World War II - Italian Invasion First Pictures of Dessye Bombing! Movietone presents vivid scenes of Italian aerial attack on northern Ethiopian front.

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November 16, 2016
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H.I.M. Emperor Haile Selassie I World War II – Italian Invasion Reel

First Pictures of Dessye Bombing! Movietone presents vivid scenes of Italian aerial attack on northern Ethiopian front.

September 9, 2016
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West Indian Service Men aided Ethiopia in Italy’s invasion & during World War 1

The coronation of Haile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia in November 1930 engendered Pan-African feeling among West Indian ex-servicemen. After the League of Nations did not act to stall Mussolini’s invasion of Ethiopia in 1935, West Indian veterans petitioned fo...

May 9, 2016
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The Massacre at Debre Libanos Monastery Ethiopia by Italian Troops

The 1937 massacre in Addis Ababa In the centre of Addis Ababa in the Siddist Kilo area, stands a monument known as The Yekatit “February” 12 Square Monument. The obelisk was built in memory of the 30,000 civilians massacred by Fascists on the 19...

May 9, 2016
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Film: If Only I Were That Warrior addresses unpunished war crimes in Ethiopia

If Only I Were That Warrior is a film about the Italian occupation of Ethiopia in 1935 and its unresolved legacy today. Driving this investigation is the story of a recently constructed monument to Rodolfo Graziani, a Fascist general remembered for war crimes ...

May 5, 2016
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Mexico Supported Ethiopia in Italian War, Donated Replica of Olmec Head

To commemorate Mexico's assistance to Ethiopia during its occupation by Italy; Ethiopia named a center square in Addis Ababa "Mexico Square". In 2010, the Mexican government donated a replica of an Olmec colossal head to Ethiopia where it was placed in Mexico ...

March 1, 2016
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African Victory over colonization: The Battle of Adwa (Adowa), 1896

In March, 1896, Ethiopian forces under the leadership of Emperor Menelik II surprised the world by defeating an Italian Army sent to conquer the Empire. In the following article Raymond Jonas, the Giovanni and Amne Costigan Professor of History at the Uni...