Italian guerrilla war in Ethiopia

Italian guerrilla war in Ethiopia
Part of the Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of the Second World War
Date 27 November 1941 – October 1943 Location Horn of Africa Result Allied victory
Belligerents
United Kingdom  Ethiopia	Italy
Commanders and leaders
William Platt Haile Selassie	Amedeo Guillet Francesco De Martini Other commanders: Hamid Idris Awate Paolo Aloisi Leopoldo Rizzo
Strength
Tens of thousands	7,000 (including supporters)

The Italian guerrilla war in Ethiopia was a conflict fought from the summer of 1941 to the autumn of 1943 by remnants of Italian troops in Ethiopia and Somalia, in a short-lived attempt to re-establish Italian East Africa. The guerrilla campaign was fought following the Italian defeat in the East African Campaign of World War II, while the war was still raging in Northern Africa and Europe.