Gabriele Esposito is a professor of modern history and a freelance military history author, specializing in uniformology. His interests range from ancient civilizations to modern post-colonial conflicts and 19th-century Italian, Spanish and Latin American wars. He has been published by a variety of publishers and specialist journals.Entirely self-taught, Giuseppe Rava has established himself as a leading military history artist, and is inspired by the works of the great military artists, such as Detaille, Meissonier, Röchling, Lady Butler, Ottenfeld and Angus McBride. He lives and works in Italy.

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• ContentsBACKGROUND Eritrea and Somalia – LibyaColonisation under Fascism – World War IICHRONOLOGY North-East Africa – Libya – World War I – Interwar – Ethiopia(former Abyssinia) – World War II and afterTHE UNITS: ERITREA1885–95: Italian and native infantry – Supporting arms1895–1935: Native infantry – Supporting arms – Minor units– Specialist units – Paramilitaries and auxiliaries1935–36: Maximum expansion – Eritrean Army CorpsSOMALIA Native infantry – Supporting arms – Paramilitaries andauxiliaries – OltregiubaUN Trust Territory of Somalia, 1949–60ITALIAN EAST AFRICA, 1936–41 Unification of forces – Paramilitaries and auxiliariesLIBYA Infantry – Supporting arms: cavalry – Camel troops –Artillery and engineers – Minor units – Paramilitaries andauxiliariesSELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY PLATE COMMENTARIES INDEX

Gabriele Esposito is a professor of modern history and a freelance military history author, specializing in uniformology. His interests range from ancient civilizations to modern post-colonial conflicts and 19th-century Italian, Spanish and Latin American wars. He has been published by a variety of publishers and specialist journals.Entirely self-taught, Giuseppe Rava has established himself as a leading military history artist, and is inspired by the works of the great military artists, such as Detaille, Meissonier, Röchling, Lady Butler, Ottenfeld and Angus McBride. He lives and works in Italy.

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• ContentsBACKGROUND Eritrea and Somalia – LibyaColonisation under Fascism – World War IICHRONOLOGY North-East Africa – Libya – World War I – Interwar – Ethiopia(former Abyssinia) – World War II and afterTHE UNITS: ERITREA1885–95: Italian and native infantry – Supporting arms1895–1935: Native infantry – Supporting arms – Minor units– Specialist units – Paramilitaries and auxiliaries1935–36: Maximum expansion – Eritrean Army CorpsSOMALIA Native infantry – Supporting arms – Paramilitaries andauxiliaries – OltregiubaUN Trust Territory of Somalia, 1949–60ITALIAN EAST AFRICA, 1936–41 Unification of forces – Paramilitaries and auxiliariesLIBYA Infantry – Supporting arms: cavalry – Camel troops –Artillery and engineers – Minor units – Paramilitaries andauxiliariesSELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY PLATE COMMENTARIES INDEX

Gabriele Esposito is a professor of modern history and a freelance military history author, specializing in uniformology. His interests range from ancient civilizations to modern post-colonial conflicts and 19th-century Italian, Spanish and Latin American wars. He has been published by a variety of publishers and specialist journals.Entirely self-taught, Giuseppe Rava has established himself as a leading military history artist, and is inspired by the works of the great military artists, such as Detaille, Meissonier, Röchling, Lady Butler, Ottenfeld and Angus McBride. He lives and works in Italy.

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• ContentsBACKGROUND Eritrea and Somalia – LibyaColonisation under Fascism – World War IICHRONOLOGY North-East Africa – Libya – World War I – Interwar – Ethiopia(former Abyssinia) – World War II and afterTHE UNITS: ERITREA1885–95: Italian and native infantry – Supporting arms1895–1935: Native infantry – Supporting arms – Minor units– Specialist units – Paramilitaries and auxiliaries1935–36: Maximum expansion – Eritrean Army CorpsSOMALIA Native infantry – Supporting arms – Paramilitaries andauxiliaries – OltregiubaUN Trust Territory of Somalia, 1949–60ITALIAN EAST AFRICA, 1936–41 Unification of forces – Paramilitaries and auxiliariesLIBYA Infantry – Supporting arms: cavalry – Camel troops –Artillery and engineers – Minor units – Paramilitaries andauxiliariesSELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY PLATE COMMENTARIES INDEX