东非战役 (第二次世界大战)

東非戰役
第二次世界大戰地中海、中東及非洲戰場的一部分
南非士兵繳獲義大利軍旗
日期 10 June 1940年6月10日－1941年11月27日 (1年5个月2周又3天) 地点 东非 结果 同盟國勝利
参战方
大英帝国  英国  印度  南非 肯亞（英语：Kenya Colony）  英埃蘇丹 奈及利亞  英屬黃金海岸  英屬索馬里蘭  北羅德西亞  南羅德西亞 烏干達  尼亞薩蘭  澳大利亞  新西兰 埃塞俄比亚 比利时  自由法國	意大利
指挥官与领导者
阿奇博爾德·韋維爾 戈德溫·奧斯丁（英语：Alfred Reade Godwin-Austen） 威廉·普拉特（英语：William Platt） 艾倫·坎寧安 海尔·塞拉西一世 安倍比·阿雷蓋（英语：Abebe Aregai） 拉爾夫·蒙克拉爾（英语：Ralph Monclar） 奧古斯特·吉利亞特（英语：Auguste Gilliaert）	奧斯塔公爵  古戈列莫·納西（英语：Guglielmo Nasi）  路易吉·弗魯西（英语：Luigi Frusci）  彼得羅·加澤拉  卡洛·德·西蒙妮（英语：Carlo De Simone）
兵力
~115,000人 77,000人[1] 30,000人[2] 6,000人[3] 2,000人	~250,000人 50,000人[4] 土著 200,000人[5]
伤亡与损失
大英帝國： 1,154人死亡 74,550人受傷或生病 138架飛機 衣索比亞： 未知 自由法國： 未知 比利時： 462人死亡	義大利： 16,966人死亡 25,098人受傷或生病 230,000人被俘 250架飛機

东非战役，亦稱阿比西尼亚战役是第二次世界大战期間東非地區發生的軍事衝突，交戰雙方分別是大英帝国指揮的同盟國軍和義大利王國所率之轴心国軍。義大利於1936年5月征服埃塞俄比亚，意大利首相墨索里尼建立意属东非。1940年6月10日，墨索里尼趁法國崩潰時向英法宣戰，駐紮於利比亚及東非意军開始進攻埃及等地的英軍。1940年8月，意大利军侵入英属索马里兰，並迅速攻佔該地^[6][7]。1941年2月，英軍發動反擊，最終擊潰意属东非。

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