The war in East Africa

Aircraft mechanic assisting the pilot of American fighter  (Curtiss P-40 Kittyhawk) Squadron «Sharknose» RAF in maneuvering on  airfield. Ethiopia (Abyssinia), April 2, 1942.

British soldiers on their way to landing zone on Madagascar. 

 May 5, 1942.Operation "Battleship" - strategic operation of the United Kingdom against occupied  Madagascar, who was occupied by Vichy France. French garrison on Madagascar, consisting of 8,000 mostly black soldiers of the French army, several auxiliary ships and 27 aircraft - put up fierce resistance. The invasion force - about 15,000 soldiers, the battleship "Ramillis" two aircraft carriers, two heavy cruisers, a destroyer and a corvette, 21auxiliary vessels and 83 aircrafts. The operation lasted from May 5 to November 6, 1942.

Ethiopian guerrillas gathered to hear an official statement on the return of Emperor Haile Selassie. Addis Ababa, May 1941.

Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia (right)  1940.

British soldiers landing on the coast near Toamasina in Madagascar.

The capitulation of the Italian troops in Amba Alagi, May 1941.Ethiopia

Italian Marines on the march through the desert in the British Somalia, in September 1940. The extreme left and right  soldiers armed with machine guns 6.5 mm "Breda 30» (Fucile Mitragliatore Breda modello 30).

Scottish soldiers marching in the vicinity of Addis Ababa. The photo was taken after the liberation of Ethiopia from Italian occupation by Allied forces in 1941.

British long-range bomber Vickers Wellesley Mk.I in flight over Abyssinia.

British long-range bomber Vickers Wellesley Mk.I, landing somewhere in East Africa.

Soldiers of the South African  Scottish Regiment celebrated its entry into the Abyssinian capital Addis Ababa.

Ethiopian soldiers transporting Italian Cannone da 65/17 mod.13 on horseback to new positions. 

Italian barricade in the occupied village in Sudan. 1940. Author: Heinrich Hoffmann

Ethiopian soldiers.

Ethiopian prisoners liberated by the British, pushed the truck from the column  heading from the British camp in Sudan to  the city Desse (Ethiopia). 1941

This is a British military mission which has been in Abyssinia for 6 months, shown March 12, 1941. This is how they trekked 4,500 miles of jungle, in heart of Italian-controlled Abyssinia. (AP Phot

Italians  after their  surrender on the reference point Alag-Amba in Ethiopia. May 1941.

The capitulation of the Italian troops in Amba Alagi, in May 1941.

Italian soldiers in captured the British fort in Somalia in August 1940.

Soldiers of the French Foreign Legion (in the foreground) and Italian prisoners of war (in the background of the wall) after the surrender of the fort Umberto in Ethiopia. 1941. Author: George Roger

Three soldiers of the French Foreign Legion firing of 8-mm machine gun Hotchkiss Mle 1914 to Italian troops in the fort Umberto in Ethiopia. 1941. Author: George Roger