Haile Selassie's WarSignal Books, 2003 - 454 pagina's 'Half-man, half-snake' was how the Emperor Haile Selassie was described by one of his most ferocious rivals, the eunuch Balcha, who had commanded the artillery at the battle of Adowa where the first Italian invasion of Ethiopia was bloodily repulsed. Forty years later the old Galla warrior was to die, machine-gun in hand, once again attempting-this time without success-to halt the Italian intruders. Anthony Mocker's immensely readable epic history is divided into three parts. First the scene is set in Ethiopia, still feudal, and in Italy, newly fascist. The second part describes in compelling detail the Italian invasion and the battles in the north: it ends with the invaders in undisputed control of their new Roman Empire and with Haile Selassie living in apparently hopeless exile near Bath. The final section recounts how, following Italy's entry into World War II, British Somaliland was invaded and conquered and fears of a British debacle spread all over East Africa. But then the tide of battle turned. As Mussolini's dreams crumbled into dust and his armies into defeat, the ex-Emperor, supported by the bold but amateurish troops of Orde Wingate's Gideon Force, fought his way step |
Inhoudsopgave
Emperor of Ethiopia | 3 |
Fascist Italy and its Colonies 27 | 27 |
The Incident at Walwal | 37 |
Preparations for War | 44 |
S Invasion | 61 |
The Ethiopian CounterAttack | 74 |
The Battles in the North | 96 |
April 1936 | 120 |
The Fall of British Somaliland | 241 |
To Find a Lawrence | 255 |
Failure at Gallabat | 272 |
A Lawrence Found | 280 |
Success at El Waq | 299 |
The Balance Swings | 307 |
Joy in the Morning | 314 |
The Battle of Keren | 327 |
Nine Days in May | 133 |
Africa Orientale Italiana | 148 |
The Attack on Addis Ababa | 156 |
The Hunting Down of the Rases | 163 |
Yekatit 12 | 174 |
The Duke of Aosta | 183 |
Edging Towards War | 194 |
PART III | 205 |
Domine Dirige Nos | 207 |
The First Days of War | 216 |
AOI Attacks | 229 |
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Veelvoorkomende woorden en zinsdelen
Abebe Aregai Aberra Addis Ababa Adowa Amba Alagi Amhara army attack Ayalew Birru Badoglio Balcha banda battalions battle Beghemder Bimbashi Bitwoded Blackshirts Blatta Takele bombed Brigade British cadets capital centre Churchill Colonel colonial column command Debra Markos defence Dejaz desert Dessie Djibuti Duke of Aosta East Africa Emperor Empress enemy Eritrean Ethiopian Fascist fighting Fitaurari frontier Gabre Galla Gallabat garrison Gedaref Ghebbi Gideon Force Gojjam Gondar Governor Graziani Guard Haile Selassie Gugsa Harar Imperial invaders Italy Kassa Kassala Kebbede Kenya Keren Khartoum killed later leaders Lij Yasu lorries machine-guns Makalle Makonnen Mangasha March Menelik Mesfin Metemma Mikael miles military Minister moved Mussolini Nasi Negus night officers Ogaden province Ras Gugsa Ras Hailu Ras Imru Ras Kassa Ras Mulugueta Ras Seyum rebels rifles Sandford Selassie's sent Shoa Shoan Sidamo Somali Somaliland South African Sudan Sudanese Tafari tanks Thesiger Tigre troops Walwal Wavell Wingate Wolde Wollo Worq