surrender (i), (ii), (iii)
understands necessity of commanding the sea (i)
warns of attack on Sudan (i)
Aqiq (i)
Arabs (i), (ii), (iii)
Arbegnoch (i)
Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, The (i)
Armacheho (i)
artillery (i)
Asfa Wossen, Crown Prince (i)
askaris (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Asmara
aiming to cut off (i)
battalions left in (i)
captured (i)
daytime temperatures (i)
main road (i), (ii)
rumours of infantry company (i)
surrender of (i)
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Wavell orders advance (i)
Asmara, Bishop of (i)
Asmara road (i)
Assab (i)
Assab, Bay of (i)
Atbara (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)
Atbara, River (i)
Auchinleck, General Claude (i), (ii)
Australia (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Austria (i)
Awash, River (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) n29
Babile Gap (i)
Badoglio, Marshal Pietro
Aosta and (i), (ii)
concern over Haile Selassie (i)
first Governor-General (i)
pre-eminent positions held (i)
time taken on march (i)
Bagemdir (i)
bande (i), (ii), (iii)
Bangalore torpedoes (i)
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Barentu (i), (ii), (iii)
Barracouta, HMS (i)
Barton, Lieutenant-Colonel J.E.B. (i)
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battalions, Commonwealth (i) see also individual battalions (at head of index)
Battle of Britain (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Begemder Force (i)
Belfield, Sir Henry (i)
Belgian Congo (i)
Belgians (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) n74
Benghazi (i), (ii)
Bentinck, Major Count A.W.D. (i)
Berbera
defence of (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
defenders fall back on (i)
Italian objective (i)
main population centre (British Somaliland) (i)
police force (i)
political and military differences (i)
port facilities (i), (ii)
recovered (i)
reinforcements arrive (i)
shelling of (i)
short postings (i)
temporary landing strips (i)
Beresford-Peirse, Major-General (i), (ii), (iii)
Berlin (i)
Berlin Conference 1884 (i)
Bertoldi, Lieutenant-General Sisto (i)
Biggs, Major Michael (i)
Bir, River (i)
Birdwood, Lord (i)
Birkby, Carel (i)
Bishop, Alec (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) n45
Bisidimo Pass (i)
Biyad (i)
Blackshirt militia (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)
Black Watch (i), (ii), (iii)
Blake, Vice Admiral Sir Geoffrey (i)
Blenheim aircraft (i)
Bletchley Park (i)
Blewitt, Major James
Ethiopia and Selassie (i)
ever-present aide, an (i)
Gimma surrender (i)
letters home (i), (ii)
on Africa (i)
on Italian capabilities (i)
on Italian colonial towns (i)
speed of British advance (i)
‘us against the Bosch’ (i)
Blue Nile (i)
Boers (i)
Bombay (i), (ii)
Bon Voisinage agreement (i)
Bonetti, Rear-Admiral Mario (i), (ii)
Boustead, Colonel Hugh (i)
Brig’s Peak (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Briggs, Brigadier Rawdon (i), (ii), (iii)
Briggs Force (i)
British
25 pounders (i)
aircraft (i) see also Royal Air Force
battalions available (i), (ii), (iii)
Berlin Conference (i)
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colonies and First World War (i)
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Dunkirk and its effects (i)
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food available for troops (i)
garrison force for administered and occupied territories (i)
Golis targets (i)
greatest issue facing commanders (i)
language skills required (i)
local police and (i)
military capabilities (i)
Military Cross awards (i)
multinational force of (i), (ii)
naval force (i) see also Royal Navy
oil supply (i)
outflanking manoeuvres (i)
press reporting (i)
primary area objective (i)
Reserved Areas (Ethiopia) (i)
Selassie’s plight and (i)
signals intercept stations (i)
smallest force in field (i)
South Africa and (i)
vital commodities from Empire (i)
British Empire
East Africa’s strategic importance (i), (ii)
first loss of territory (i)
first offensive (i), (ii)
general lack of foresight (i)
huge morale boost, a (i)
paucity of military resources (i)
position in East Africa unclear (i)
threat to East African territories (i)
war’s first invasion of (i)
British-Ethiopian Boundary Commission (i), (ii)
British Somaliland (i), (ii)
at beginning of Second World War (i)
Black Watch evacuate (i)
Colonial Office responsibility (i)
effect of loss (i)
establishment of (i)
Ethiopian refugees (i)
Galla and (i)
Italian East Africa and (i)
Italian operations against (i)
media response (i)
prison camp (i)
reconquest (i)
troop movements (i)
troop numbers in (i), (ii)
views after the event (i)
Wavell’s command includes (i)
‘wretched tract’ (i), (ii)
British South Africa Company (i) n6
Brocklehurst, Henry (i)
Brocklehurst Mission (i)
Broken Hill (i), (ii)
Brooke-Popham, Sir Robert (i), (ii)
buglers (i)
Bulhar (i)
Bulo Merere (i)
Buna (i), (ii)
Burao (i), (ii)
Burma (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Buro Erillo (i)
Burye (i), (ii)
Butana Bridge (i)
Cabinet Office (i)
Cadogan, Sir Alexander (i)
Cairo (i), (ii)
Camberley (i), (ii), (iii)
Camel Corps
depleted garrison (i)
‘excellent and capable’ (i)
headquarters and personnel (i)
holding up the Italians (i)
machine gun company of (i)
return to their homes (i)
senior officer (i)
strengthened (i)
Camel Saddle Hill (i)
Cameron Ridge (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Camerons (i), (ii)
Cape of Good Hope (i), (ii)
Caproni bombers (i)
Carnimeo, General Nicolangelo (i), (ii), (iii)
Castle Hill (i)
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Central India Horse (
i)
Chad (i)
Chalbi desert (i)
Chamberlain, Neville (i)
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Chater, Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur
background (i)
complains about conflicting information (i)
co-operating with the French (i)
Glenday and (i)
proposals for reinforcements (i)
recommended for promotion (i)
replaced (i)
Wavell’s communications with (i)
Cheeseman, Robert (i)
Chiefs of Staff (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)
Chindits (i)
Churchill, Winston
considers himself superior (i)
Haile Selassie intervention (i), (ii)
Ismay as adviser (i)
message of thanks to Cunningham (i)
message to Fowkes (i)
Mogadishu (i)
on Aosta (i)
on Mussolini (i)
reduction in military expenditure (i)
Smuts and (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Wavell and (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)
whims and interventions (i)
Wingate, an opinion (i)
Ciano, Gian Galeazzo (i)
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Collis, Flight Lieutenant Reginald (i)
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Colonial Office
British Somaliland and (i)
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Connell, John (i)
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Croft, Lord (i)
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Cunningham, General Sir Alan (i), (ii)
Addis Ababa (i), (ii), (iii)
Amba Alagi (i)
appointment of and background (i)
assessment of (i)
captured Italians, arrangements for (i)
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Happy Valley tensions (i)
importance of supplies to (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
irregular warfare, attitude to (i)
Kismayu (i), (ii)
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Operation ‘Canvas’ (i)
remarkable advance, a (i)
return to England on medical grounds (i)
Star of Solomon awarded (i)
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Cunningham, Admiral Sir Andrew (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Cyprus (i), (ii)
Cyrenaica (i)
Daily Express (i), (ii)
Daily Mirror (i)
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Dar es Salaam (i)
Darfur (i)
D-Day (i)
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de Fabritus, Fausto (i)
Defence Committee, London (i)
de Gaulle, General Charles (i)
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Juba section command (i)
laments withdrawal (i)
main objectives (i)
Nasi and (i)
Delville Wood Day (i)
Dendi (i)
desertion (i)
De Simone, Lieutenant-General Carlo
Dessie (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Deuxième Bureau (i)
Dickinson, Major-General Douglas (i)
doubts over abilities (i)
lack of preparation (i)
Lord Haw-Haw’s broadcasts (i)
Moyale garrison (i)
reinforcements for (i)
remarkable achievement of (i)
struggles to find another job (i) n52
values Giffard’s achievements (i)
Wavell and Smuts meet (i)
Wavell’s HQ takes over (i)
Diego Suarez (i)
Dif (i)
Dill, John
I Corps command (i)
Cunningham approved of by (i)
informed of Kismayu attack (i)
on Italian morale (i)
stresses time factor to Wavell (i)
urges defence of Somaliland (i)
Dimoline, Brigadier William (i)
Dinder River (i)
Dingaan’s Day (i)
Diredawa (i), (ii)
Djibouti see Jibuti
Dobel (i)
Dobo (i), (ii)
Dologorodoc (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Dongolaas Gorge (i)
Douanle (i)
Dower, Kenneth Gander (i)
Dunkirk (i)
Eagle, HMS (i), (ii)
East Africa (i), (ii)
East African Command (i), (ii)
East African Force (i)
East African Protectorate (i), (ii)
Eastern Arab Corps (i)
Ebsworth, Colonel Wilfrid (i)
Economist, The (i)
Eden, Anthony
Amery’s concerns re Selassie (i)
discussing Wavell over lunch (i)
Khartoum meeting (i)
planning recommendations submitted to (i)
topics for discussion with PM (i)
welcomes restoration of Selassie (i)
Egypt
British prestige in (i)
concerns about Italy (i)
end of military occupation (i)
Italian threat to (i), (ii)
Mussolini’s focus (i)
securing lines of communication (i)
separate military command (i)
threat of invasion from Libya (i)
Wavell’s main effort (i)
El Alamein (i)
El Dima Hills (i)
El Wak (i), (ii), (iii)
Elghena (i)
Enemy Document Section (Cabinet Office) (i)
Enghiahat, Mount (i)
Engibara (i)
Entoto Hills (i)
Equatorial Corps (i)
equipment (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)
Eritrea
banda (i)
British advance through (i)
Italian manpower available in (i)
Italians work well with (i), (ii)
Libya and (i)
Mussolini’s East African empire (i)
rainy season (i)
refugees (i)
River Gash (i)
troops desert (i)
Erskine, Esme (i)
Essex Regiment (i), (ii), (iii)
Ethiopia (i)
Abyssinia and, nomenclature (i)
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Boundary Commission (i), (ii)
Britain’s debt to? (i)
British offensive (i)
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defending against invasion (i)
Eden commits to (i)
Eritreans and (i)
Haile Selassie recognised (i), (ii)
increasingly pro-British attitude (i)
Italian units in south (i)
Italy’s campaign to conquer (i)
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refugees (i)
Reserved Areas (i)
restoration of Selassie party (i)
size of (i)
Somalis and (i)
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Ethiopian Bureau (i)
Falaga Pass (i)
Fascists (Italian) (i)
First World War (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)
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Arm (i)
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Fort Dologorodoc (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Fort Hall (i)
Fort Laquetat (i)
Fort Victor Emanuele (i)
‘Fourth Australian Division’ (i)
Fowkes, Charles ‘Fluffy’
arrives in Nairobi (i)
fuel reserves (i)
Gondar (i), (ii)
little confidence in Dickinson (i)
Moyale (i)
Fraser, David (i)
French
British co-operation with (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)
collapse of (i), (ii), (iii)
defeated and bitter (i)
fighting in British regiments (i)
Franco-British conversations (i), (ii)
Free French (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
further meeting in Aden (i)
Menelik seeks assistance from (i)
Vichy France (i), (ii), (iii)
French Equatorial Africa (i)
French Mint (i)
French Somaliland see Jibuti
‘friction of war’ (i)
Frusci, Luigi
2nd Colonial Brigade and (i)
concern about British armour (i), (ii)
delaying actions (i)
Keren (i), (ii)
Platt and (i)
pulls back forces (i)
fuel supplies (i), (ii)
Fuse 101 (i)
Galla (i), (ii)
Galla-Sidamo (i), (ii)
Galla people (i), (ii), (iii)
Gallabat (i)
attempted commando raid (i)
British Empire first (i)
moving out of (i)
old fort (i)
Slim at (i)
Gallipoli (i), (ii), (iii)
Galmagalla (i)
Garibaldi Pass (i)
Garissa (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Gash, River (i), (ii), (iii)
Gaulle, General Charles de (i)
Gazelle Force (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi) n75
Gazi (i)
Gazzera, General Pietro (i), (ii)
Gedaref (i)
Gelib (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
General Headquarters India (i)
General Headquarters Middle East Forces (Cairo) (i), (ii), (iii)
Geneva (i)
George V, King (i), (ii)
George VI, King (i), (ii)
Germain, General (i)
German East Africa (i), (ii)
German South West Africa (i)
Germans
advance on Mombasa (i)
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Britain and, post-Dunkirk (i)
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Giffard, Major-General Sir George
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