The Arbegnoch were Ethiopian resistance fighters who opposed the Italian occupation of Ethiopia during the period of Italian East Africa.
Arbegnoch forces crossing the Omo River, 1941.
Patriots during the guerrilla period. In the center is future Ethiopian general Jagema Kello.
Ras Desta Damtew just before his execution, 24 February 1937
Italian Communist Ilio Barontini with Ethiopian guerrillas in Gojjam, February 1939
The Second Italo-Ethiopian War, also referred to as the Second Italo-Abyssinian War, was a war of aggression waged by Italy against Ethiopia, which lasted from October 1935 to May 1936. In Ethiopia it
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…who opposed the Italian occupation of Ethiopia during the period of Italian East Africa (1936–1941). Resistance began during the final stages of the Second Italo-Ethiopian War but took a more organized form after the Italian capture of Addis Ababa in May 1936. The movement evolved in two phases: an initial stage of semi-conventional…
Ethiopian Warriors on their way to the Northern Front
Italian Ca 111 bombers over Ethiopia