• Source: Second Italo-Ethiopian War order of battle: Ethiopia

Ethiopian forces in the Second Italo-Abyssinian War besides the Central Army were mobilized from various provinces under their local leader. According to 1935 Italian intelligence estimates of the Ethiopian provinces and their forces on the eve of hostilities, the Ethiopians had an army of 350,000 men. Strengths where known are noted followed by their leader. Modernized forces in Bold.




Ethiopian Army 1935


Addis Ababa

Emperor Haile Selassie
3 Battalions of the Imperial Guard Kebur Zabangna
Cadet school (Mobilized as a Guard battalion late in the war with Cadets as officers with militia soldiers.)




= Northern front

=
Army of the Left - Ras Imru Haile Selassie (Grazmach = "General/Commander of the Left")

Gojjam Provincial Armed Forces (Sefari) - Ras Imru Haile Selassie
13,000 regulars
Wolqayt and Semien Sefari - Fitawrari Ayalew Birru
10,000 mountaineers
Gojjam Levies - Dejazmach Gessesse Belew (later deserted, revolted)
12,000 men
Mahel Sefari (Army of the Center) (70,000 regulars) - Ras Mulugeta Yeggazu of Illubabor

Amino Provincial Sefari
Gubba Provincial Sefari
Gurage Provincial Sefari
Jimma Provincial Sefari
Mui Provincial Sefari
Om Hajer Provincial Sefari
Sela Provincial Sefari
Sodo Provincial Sefari
Welega Provincial Sefari
Army of the Right- Ras Kassa Haile Darge (Qegnazmach = "General/Commander of the right")

Begemder Sefari - Ras Kassa Haile Darge/Shum Wondosson Kassa
53,000 men
Tigray Sefari - Leul Ras Seyum Mangasha
15,000 men
Wag Sefari - Dejazmatch Haile Kebbede
7,000 men (1/6 with rifles)
3,000 regulars with 3 machineguns, reinforcement 12/35
Lasta Sefari - Fitawrari Andarge
? men
Yejju Sefari - Dejazmach Admassu Birru
? men
Danakil region - Dejazmach Kassa Sebhat

400 trained men
100 regulars
5 machineguns
Later Reinforcements
Ifrata Sefari - Ras Kebbede

? Shewan levies
Welega-Ardjo Sefari - Bitwoded Makonnen Demissie

12,000 men (best armed of the Northern armies, also had Oerlikon AA guns)
Kaffa Sefari - Ras Getachew Abate

? men
To subdue Gojjam revolt
Wollo Sefari - Crown Prince Asfaw Wossen Tafari

from Wollo - Nevraid Aregai
1,000 men
from Lekemt - Dejazmach Hapte Gabre Mariam Gabre
1,000 men




= Southern front

=
Ogaden
Ogaden Sefari - Grazmach Afawarq Walda Samayat

less than 2,000 men - Fitawrari Badde / Balambaras Ali Nur
Some hundreds of Somali rebels - Omar Samanthar
2 Guard Battalions - Fitawrari Simu and Kebbede
1,000 men with machineguns and mortars
9,000 walwal & warder. fitawrari Walde Amanuel.
Total 12000 men.
Reinforcements
Hararghe Sefari - Dejazmach Nasibu Emmanual - C-in-C in Ogaden after Afewerq's death

1 Guard Battalion
Illubabor Sefari - Dejazmach Makonnen Endelkachew
12,000 men
Gemu Gofa Sefari - Dejazmach Abebe Damtew
3,000 men (described as having scarcely a modern rifle, with ocher and pink headdresses)
Arusi Sefari - Dejazmach Amde Mikael
3,000 men (provincial levies)
Kula Sefari - Dejazmach Hapte Mikael
1,000 men
Webi Shebelle front

Bale Sefari - Dejazmach Beine Merid
4,000 men
Juba Front

Dolo Garrison - 300 men
Sidamo Sefari - Ras Desta Damtew
20,000 men (well armed) - Fitawraris Ademe Anbassu and Tedeamme Zelleka
Guards Battalion - Qegnazmach Bezibibeh Sileshi
Oerlikon AA guns




See also


Army of the Ethiopian Empire
List of Second Italo-Ethiopian War weapons of Ethiopia
Italian order of battle for the Second Italo-Ethiopian War




Sources

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Second Italo-Ethiopian War order of battle: Ethiopia
• First Italo-Ethiopian War
• Second Italo-Ethiopian War order of battle: Italy
• Second Italo-Ethiopian War
• Timeline of the Second Italo-Ethiopian War
• Battle of Adwa
• Ethiopian Civil War
• Battle of Maychew
• Ogaden War
• Italian guerrilla war in Ethiopia