British military administration

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The British military administration in Eritrea was the provisional colonial authority established by the United Kingdom to govern the territory following Italy’s defeat in World War II, prior to Eritrea’s later federation with Ethiopia.

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instanceOf colonial government
military administration
provisional government
administeredBy British military governor
administeredTerritory Eritrea
appliesDuring Second World War
linked to: World War II

post–Second World War period
appliesToJurisdiction Eritrea
appliesToPart Eritrean highlands
Eritrean lowlands
capital Asmara
continent Africa
country United Kingdom
currency East African shilling
endTime 1952
1952-09-15
establishedAsResultOf Allied victory over Italy in World War II
East African Campaign
defeat of Italy in East Africa
establishedBy United Kingdom
followedBy Eritrea under Ethiopian rule
Eritrea–Ethiopia federation
follows Italian Eritrea
linked to: Italian East Africa
governingBody British Army
British War Office
linked to: War Office
hasPolicy limited local self-government
maintenance of Italian infrastructure
reform of legal and educational systems
historyOfTopic Eritrea–United Kingdom relations
legalStatus military occupation
trusteeship-like administration
locatedIn Horn of Africa
occupationBy British forces
officialLanguage English
partOf British Military Administration in occupied Italian territories
precededBy Italian colonial rule in Eritrea
replaced Italian colonial administration in Eritrea
replacedBy Eritrean autonomous government within Ethiopian federation
significantEvent Allied occupation of Asmara
British civil reforms in Eritrea
debates at United Nations over Eritrea’s future status
startTime 1941
1941-04
topicOf Eritrean decolonisation
Eritrean independence movement historiography
usedLanguage Arabic
Italian
Tigrinya

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Eritrea historicalStatus British military administration
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linked to: British military administration
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