Birth and Fall of an Empire: The Italian Army in East Africa 1935-1941

by Massimiliano Afiero

Analyzes the principal Italian military operations in East Africa, with particular focus on the period between 1940 and 1941.

Italy's colonial adventure in East Africa, which had begun in the previous century and which ended abruptly with the disastrous defeat at Adua in 1896, regained impetus with the advent of Fascism which subsequently opened a campaign to expand Italian holdings in the so-called 'Horn of Africa'.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1804512354
• ISBN13: 9781804512357
• Release Date: July 2024
• Publisher: Helion & Company
• Length: 388 Pages
• Weight: 2.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.8" x 9.7"