Abyssinia Collection

Abyssinian War October 1935 A Italian mule train on its way to the advance outpost of Makale takes advantage of a shady groves to escape the fierce rays of the noonday sun

Abyssinian War September 1935 Houses close to the Royal Palace in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Abyssinian War September 1935 Abyssinian soldiers in the trenches on the Ogadan front. The soldiers have no steel helmets, gas masks or modern weapons to stop the Italian advance

Diagram showing bomb damage to the Gura Aerodrome in Ethiopia. (A) Direct hit on hangars (B) Direct hit on aerodrome buildings (C) Aerodrome building burnt out (D)

Italian prisoners being marched through Gondar after its surrender to British, Imperial and Ethiopian forces. Circa November 1941

Abyssinian War September 1935 Foreign correspondents reporting from Addis Ababa

Abyssinian War October 1935 Italian soldiers resting before advancing on the Adowa front

Abyssinian War October 1935 Italian troops advancing on the Adowa front

Abyssinian War October 1935 Italian soldiers seen here advancing on Adowa. 5th October 1935

Abyssinian War October 1935 Italian machine gun post guarding the rear of the Italian advance on Makale

Abyssinian War October 1935 Italian forces seen here fortifying their position in front of Edaga Hamus

Abyssinian War October 1935 Italian infantry with machine guns follow in the wake of the tanks during their advance from Adigrat to Makale

Abyssinian War Circa October 1935 Italian forces seen with 120mm gun near to the slopes of Edaga Hamus

Abyssinian War September 1935 The Ethiopian Peasant army and their wives seen here assembling in the market square of Harah for the long journey by lorry to the Ogadan front in the south of

Abyssinian War September 1935 Families of Addis Ababa pose outside their houses as tribesmen and chieftains arrive in Addis Ababa to pledge there loyalty to emperor Haile Selassie following

Abyssinian War September 1935 Irregular soldiers of the peasant army seen pushing their lorry across the river Harrer near Djigjiga, on their way to the Ogadan front

Abyssinian War September 1935 Soldiers of the Abyssinian regular army seen here occupying trenches close to Harar on the Ogadan front

Abyssinian War October 1935 Abyssinian infantry advancing undercover on the Ogaden front

Abyssinian War October 1935 Italian troops passing stones down a human chain for the construction of a road to Makale

Abyssinian War October 1935 Italian troops hoist the Italian flag over the old fort at Adigrat with great ceremony

Abyssinian War October 1935 Two Italian soldiers with donkeys carrying water. These animals well deserve the name of the " Soldiers friend" in the campaign

Abyssinian War Circa October 1935 Italian forces seen with 120mm gun near to the slopes of Edaga Hamus

Abyssinian War September 1935 A anti-aircraft mobile column of the Abyssinia army seen here making its way to the Ogaden front

Abyssinian War September 1935 A mounted officer taking the salute as the Abyssinian army march through the streets of Addis Ababa during the Meskel Feast

Abyssinian War September 1935 Abyssinian army seen passing through the streets of Addis Ababa during the Meskel Feast. Following the parade the army marched to the north of the country to confront

Abyssinian War September 1935 The band of the Imperial Ethiopian Guard marching through Addis Ababa, lead by a gigantic Drum Major

Abyssinian War September 1935 Emperor Haile Selassie wearing a heavy crown and white veil with chiefs and other dignitaries, under ceremonial umbrellas

Abyssinian War October 1935 Members of the Abyssinian peasant army retreat to Makale as the Italian forces in northern Abyssinia advance

Abyssinian War September 1935. Tribesmen arriving in Addis Ababa to pledge there loyalty to emperor Haile Selassie following the invasion of Ethiopia by Italian forces

Abyssinian War September 1935 A column of Red Cross lorries heads towards Harah and the Ogadan front to help the wounded

Abyssinian War September 1935 Cavalry of the Abyssinian army seen passing through the streets of Addis Ababa during the Meskel Feast

Abyssinian War September 1935 Abyssinian sniper seen here on the Ogadan Front

The Emperor of Abyssinia with the Brigadier and the G. S. O
The Emperor of Abyssinia with the Brigadier and the G.S.O. - Scenes inside Dambacha Fort after being captured by Patriots of the Emperor and Sudanese Troops. May 1941

Colonel Gonella, head of the Italian force, talking with the British brigadier who accepted the surrender in Abyssinia, North Africa during the Second World War. October 1941

Indian army soldiers with an armoured car on the frontline at the Battle of Keren in Eritrea during the Second World War. April 1941

The first battalion of Ethiopian troops led by an Australian Officer and four NCOs enterted Abyssinia in North Africa during the Second World War

Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie making a speech to the Patriot Forces of Abyssinia after they captured the strongly held Italian fort of Debra Marcos in Abyssinia

Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie is greeted by Lieutenant General Cunningham, the General Officer in Command of the British Expeditionary Forces

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