British Military Administration in Ethiopia

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The British Military Administration in Ethiopia was the temporary Allied authority that governed Ethiopia during and immediately after World War II, overseeing the transition from Italian occupation back to Ethiopian sovereignty under Emperor Haile Selassie.

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Label Occurrences
British Military Administration in Ethiopia canonical 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Allied occupation authority ⓘ
military administration ⓘ
temporary government ⓘ
aim restore Ethiopian sovereignty ⓘ
secure Allied strategic interests in the Horn of Africa ⓘ
stabilize territory after Italian defeat ⓘ
appliesToPeriod World War II ⓘ
immediate post–World War II period ⓘ
appliesToTerritory Addis Ababa ⓘ
Ethiopia ⓘ
former Italian East Africa territories in Ethiopia ⓘ
context East African Campaign of World War II ⓘ
cooperatesWith Allied powers in East Africa ⓘ
linked to: East Africa Force

Emperor Haile Selassie ⓘ
linked to: Haile Selassie I

Ethiopian resistance forces ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
endTime 1944 ⓘ
1945 ⓘ
followedBy reign of Haile Selassie after restoration ⓘ
restored Ethiopian imperial government ⓘ
follows Italian East Africa ⓘ
Italian occupation of Ethiopia ⓘ
governingPower British Army ⓘ
British colonial and military officials ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver civil administration in liberated Ethiopian areas ⓘ
military operations in occupied Ethiopian territory ⓘ
hasRole civil administration ⓘ
military governance ⓘ
oversight of transition from Italian rule to Ethiopian sovereignty ⓘ
security and public order ⓘ
support for restoration of Ethiopian monarchy ⓘ
historicalRegion Horn of Africa ⓘ
languageOfAdministration Amharic ⓘ
English ⓘ
legalBasis wartime military occupation authority of the British Empire ⓘ
notableCommander British military authorities in East Africa ⓘ
opposes Italian Fascist regime ⓘ
Kingdom of Italy ⓘ
partOf Allied occupation of Italian territories in Africa ⓘ
British military administration in occupied territories during World War II ⓘ
restores Ethiopian Empire ⓘ
monarchical rule under Haile Selassie ⓘ
seatOfGovernment Addis Ababa ⓘ
significantEvent disarmament of Italian forces in Ethiopia ⓘ
handover of authority to Emperor Haile Selassie ⓘ
negotiation of Anglo–Ethiopian agreements on sovereignty and administration ⓘ
re-establishment of Ethiopian governmental institutions ⓘ
startTime 1941 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

AOI → successor → British Military Administration in Ethiopia ⓘ