Imperial Ethiopian Army

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The Imperial Ethiopian Army was the land warfare branch of Ethiopia's military during the era of the Ethiopian Empire, playing a central role in defending the country's sovereignty and participating in regional conflicts until its dissolution in the late 20th century.

All labels observed (5)

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf army ⓘ
military branch ⓘ
activeFrom 19th century ⓘ
activeUntil 1974 ⓘ
allegiance Emperor of Ethiopia ⓘ
Ethiopian Empire ⓘ
commander Emperor Haile Selassie I ⓘ
linked to: Haile Selassie I

Emperor Menelik II ⓘ
linked to: Menelik II
commonName Imperial Army ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Ethiopia ⓘ
Ethiopian Empire ⓘ
dissolutionCause Ethiopian Revolution ⓘ
dissolved 1974 ⓘ
equipmentSupplier Soviet Union (late Imperial period) ⓘ
linked to: Soviet Union

United Kingdom ⓘ
United States ⓘ
followedBy Derg-era Ethiopian Army ⓘ
Ethiopian National Defense Forces ⓘ
garrisonCity Addis Ababa ⓘ
headquartersLocation Addis Ababa ⓘ
involvedIn border conflicts with Somalia ⓘ
internal security operations in Ethiopia ⓘ
suppression of regional revolts ⓘ
languageOfCommand Amharic ⓘ
militaryBranchOf Imperial Ethiopian Armed Forces ⓘ
modernizationPeriod interwar period ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ
nativeName የኢትዮጵያ ንጉሳዊ መከላከያ ሠራዊት ⓘ
notableBattle Battle of Adwa (1896) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Adwa

Battle of Maychew (1936) ⓘ
notableEngagement Battle of Adwa ⓘ
East African Campaign of World War II ⓘ
First Italo-Ethiopian War ⓘ
Korean War ⓘ
Ogaden War (early border clashes) ⓘ
linked to: Ogaden conflict

Second Italo-Ethiopian War ⓘ
notableUnit Kagnew Battalion ⓘ
participatedIn United Nations Command in the Korean War ⓘ
partOf Imperial Ethiopian Armed Forces ⓘ
precededBy traditional feudal levies of the Ethiopian Empire ⓘ
primaryRole land warfare ⓘ
national defense ⓘ
receivedTrainingFrom Belgian military advisers ⓘ
British military mission ⓘ
Swedish military advisers ⓘ
United States military mission ⓘ
sentExpeditionaryForceTo Korean Peninsula ⓘ
serviceBranch land forces ⓘ
symbolOf Ethiopian sovereignty ⓘ

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Referenced by (13)

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

Armed Forces of Ethiopia → historicalPredecessor → Imperial Ethiopian Army ⓘ
Mengistu Haile Mariam → serviceBranch → Ethiopian Army ⓘ
linked to: Imperial Ethiopian Army
Imperial Ethiopian Army → militaryBranchOf → Imperial Ethiopian Armed Forces ⓘ
linked to: Imperial Ethiopian Army
Imperial Ethiopian Army → partOf → Imperial Ethiopian Armed Forces ⓘ
linked to: Imperial Ethiopian Army
Battle of Amba Alagi (1895) → armedForce → Ethiopian imperial army ⓘ
linked to: Imperial Ethiopian Army
Aman Mikael Andom → memberOf → Ethiopian Army ⓘ
linked to: Imperial Ethiopian Army
Makonnen Wolde Mikael → militaryBranch → Imperial Ethiopian Army ⓘ
subject linked to: Makonnen
Mengistu Neway → militaryBranch → Imperial Ethiopian Army ⓘ
subject linked to: Neway
የኢትዮጵያ ንጉሳዊ መከላከያ ሠራዊት → partOf → Imperial Ethiopian Armed Forces ⓘ
linked to: Imperial Ethiopian Army
የኢትዮጵያ ንጉሳዊ መከላከያ ሠራዊት → commandStructure → Imperial Ethiopian Armed Forces general staff ⓘ
linked to: Imperial Ethiopian Army
Derg-era Ethiopian Army → precededBy → Imperial Ethiopian Army ⓘ
Kagnew Battalion → partOf → Imperial Ethiopian Army ⓘ