Italy: Italian colonial forces commanded by the Duke of Aosta. Outcome: Defeat of the Italian forces in East Africa. In 1940, Italy controlled Abyssinia, which it had conquered in 1936 ...

Comprising nations such as Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, and Tanzania, the region has been a fulcrum for U.S. efforts to secure trade routes, stymie transnational threats, and project soft power. The ...

Some of the iroko posts engraved with the names of previously unrecognised Black non-combatant servicemen who died in Africa during World ... Great War in Africa. While the East Africa campaign ...

National Archives The military's view toward African Americans during World War II reflected that of the wider American culture. According to a report commissioned by the Army War College ...