British Military Administration in Eritrea

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The British Military Administration in Eritrea was the Allied-run colonial authority that governed Eritrea after the defeat of Italian rule in East Africa during World War II.

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial government ⓘ
military administration ⓘ
administeredBy British Army ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
appliesToEthnicGroup Eritrean population ⓘ
appliesToEvent East African Campaign ⓘ
Second World War ⓘ
linked to: World War II
appliesToJurisdiction Eritrea ⓘ
capital Asmara ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
countryAdministered Eritrea ⓘ
currency East African shilling ⓘ
endTime 1952 ⓘ
establishedAsConsequenceOf British conquest of Eritrea ⓘ
defeat of Italy in East Africa ⓘ
executiveBody British military governor ⓘ
followedBy British-administered Eritrea under United Nations trusteeship debate ⓘ
Eritrean federation with Ethiopia ⓘ
governmentType military government ⓘ
hasPolicy limited political liberalization ⓘ
maintenance of Italian-era infrastructure ⓘ
reform of colonial legal system ⓘ
historyOfTopic decolonization of Eritrea ⓘ
legalStatus temporary military occupation authority ⓘ
legislativeBody British military authorities ⓘ
linked to: British authorities
locatedIn Horn of Africa ⓘ
natureOfStatement Allied military occupation ⓘ
occupationBy United Kingdom ⓘ
officialLanguage English ⓘ
participantIn post–World War II settlement in the Horn of Africa ⓘ
partOf British Military Administration in Italian East Africa ⓘ
history of Eritrea ⓘ
history of the British Empire ⓘ
precededBy Italian Eritrea ⓘ
linked to: Italian East Africa

Italian colonial rule in Eritrea ⓘ
replaced Italian colonial administration in Eritrea ⓘ
significantEvent debate over Eritrea’s postwar status at the United Nations ⓘ
rise of Eritrean nationalist movements ⓘ
startTime 1941 ⓘ
1941-04 ⓘ
territoryIncludes Asmara ⓘ
Keren ⓘ
Massawa ⓘ
timePeriod 20th century ⓘ
usedLanguage Arabic ⓘ
Italian ⓘ
Tigrinya ⓘ

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Referenced by (17)

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

Italian East Africa → successor → British Military Administration in Eritrea ⓘ
British Military Administration in Eritrea → partOf → British Military Administration in occupied Italian territories ⓘ
subject linked to: British military administration
linked to: British Military Administration in Eritrea
Sudan Defence Force → conflict → Allied occupation of Eritrea ⓘ
linked to: British Military Administration in Eritrea
Italian colonization of Eritrea → endEvent → British military occupation of Eritrea in World War II ⓘ
linked to: British Military Administration in Eritrea
Italian colonization of Eritrea → followedBy → British Military Administration in Eritrea ⓘ
Eritrean nationalism → developedInContextOf → British Military Administration in Eritrea ⓘ
AOI → successor → British Military Administration in Eritrea ⓘ
British Military Administration in Eritrea → partOf → British Military Administration in Italian East Africa ⓘ
linked to: British Military Administration in Eritrea
British Military Administration in Eritrea → followedBy → British-administered Eritrea under United Nations trusteeship debate ⓘ
linked to: British Military Administration in Eritrea
Eritrea–Ethiopia federation → precededBy → British Military Administration in Eritrea ⓘ
Allied occupation of Asmara → result → British military administration in Eritrea ⓘ
linked to: British Military Administration in Eritrea
Allied occupation of Asmara → administeredBy → British Military Administration in Eritrea ⓘ
Eritrea–United Kingdom relations → hasHistoricalContext → British military administration in Eritrea ⓘ
linked to: British Military Administration in Eritrea
Eritrea–United Kingdom relations → historicalPeriod → British Military Administration in Eritrea (1941–1952) ⓘ
linked to: British Military Administration in Eritrea
Massawa → historicalPeriod → British Military Administration in Eritrea ⓘ
British conquest of Eritrea → followedBy → British Military Administration in Eritrea ⓘ
British conquest of Eritrea → aftermath → Eritrea placed under British military administration ⓘ
linked to: British Military Administration in Eritrea