Imperial Army

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The Imperial Army was the land warfare branch of Ethiopia’s armed forces during the era of the Ethiopian Empire, particularly under Emperor Haile Selassie.

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Imperial Army canonical 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf land warfare force ⓘ
military branch ⓘ
alliance Allied powers in World War II ⓘ
United Nations forces in the Korean War ⓘ
commanderInChief Emperor of Ethiopia ⓘ
conflict East African Campaign of World War II ⓘ
Eritrean War of Independence ⓘ
Korean War ⓘ
Ogaden War ⓘ
linked to: Ogaden conflict

Second Italo-Ethiopian War ⓘ
country Ethiopia ⓘ
Ethiopian Empire ⓘ
disestablished 1974 ⓘ
disestablishedDuring Ethiopian Revolution ⓘ
doctrineInfluence British Army ⓘ
United States Army ⓘ
engagedIn counterinsurgency operations in Bale ⓘ
counterinsurgency operations in Eritrea ⓘ
era Ethiopian Empire ⓘ
reign of Haile Selassie ⓘ
garrison Addis Ababa ⓘ
headquarters Addis Ababa ⓘ
languageOfCommand Amharic ⓘ
loyalty Emperor of Ethiopia ⓘ
militaryBranchOf Ethiopian armed forces ⓘ
notableBattle Battle of Keren (1941) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Keren

Battle of Maychew ⓘ
Defense of Addis Ababa (1936) ⓘ
notableCommander Haile Selassie ⓘ
linked to: Haile Selassie I
notableUnit Imperial Bodyguard ⓘ
Kagnew Battalion ⓘ
partOf Armed Forces of the Ethiopian Empire ⓘ
reorganizedInto Derg-controlled armed forces ⓘ
replacedBy Ethiopian National Defense Force ⓘ
role internal security ⓘ
land warfare ⓘ
territorial defense ⓘ
sentExpeditionaryForce Kagnew Battalion ⓘ
serviceBranch army ⓘ
status defunct ⓘ
timePeriod 20th century ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ
typeOfGovernmentForces monarchical armed forces ⓘ
usedEquipmentFrom Italy ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States ⓘ

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

Imperial Ethiopian Army → commonName → Imperial Army ⓘ