Gerusa Duki crossing a river, Ethiopia, 1941
Here we see Geresu Duki crossing a river, probably during a famous recruitment drive during the liberation of Ethiopia in 1941. Geresu Duki, one of the most succesful Ethiopian leaders against the Italians, was famous for his cavalry force, and operated close to Addis Ababa.
East Africa Campaign 1940-41 – The Battle for the Horn of Africa, Pier Paolo Battistelli.
Looks at the first significant British victory of the Second World War, in which a smaller but better organised force defeated the much larger Italian garrison of Ethiopia and Somaliland, eliminating a real threat to the British position in Africa. Good material on the two sides, the flaws in the Italian command and the flexibility of the British offensive. Shows that an inflexible and unimaginative strategy by the Italian command meant they were unable to take advantage of their numerical advantage and were doomed to defeat
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