NAM.2005-09-60-15

Copy photograph showing Maj Orde Wingate inspecting a soldier of the 2nd Ethiopian Battalion, 1941 (c). From a collection of photographs which belonged to Mr David Shirreff, 1941 (c). The photographs were used by Mr Shirreff when writing his book, 'Bare Feet and Bandoliers', 1995. Associated with the Liberation of Addis Ababa, World War Two, East Africa (1940-1941) 1941. In 1941 British Commonwealth Forces worked with Indian, Sudanese and locally raised Patriots to resist the Italian occupation. Lead by Brig Sandford, and later Maj Wingate, they forced the Italians to surrender, and Ethiopia became the first nation conquered by Axis Forces to be freed. The liberation of Addis Ababa on 5 May 1941, also saw the return from exile of Ethiopia's Emperor Haile Selassie. The photographs show some of the Commonwealth and Ethiopian Patriots involved.

World War Two, East Africa (1940-1941)