Imperial Ethiopian Army

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The Imperial Ethiopian Army was the land warfare branch of Ethiopia's military during the era of the Ethiopian Empire, playing a central role in defending the country's sovereignty and participating in regional conflicts until its dissolution in the late 20th century.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Imperial Ethiopian Armed Forces 2
Ethiopian Army 1
Ethiopian imperial army 1

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf army
military branch
activeFrom 19th century
activeUntil 1974
allegiance Emperor of Ethiopia
Ethiopian Empire
commander Haile Selassie I
surface form: Emperor Haile Selassie I

Menelik II
surface form: Emperor Menelik II
commonName Imperial Army
continent Africa
country Ethiopia
Ethiopian Empire
dissolutionCause 1974 Ethiopian Revolution
surface form: Ethiopian Revolution
dissolved 1974
equipmentSupplier Soviet Union
surface form: Soviet Union (late Imperial period)

United Kingdom
United States of America
surface form: United States
followedBy Derg-era Ethiopian Army
Armed Forces of Ethiopia
surface form: Ethiopian National Defense Forces
garrisonCity Addis Ababa
headquartersLocation Addis Ababa
involvedIn border conflicts with Somalia
internal security operations in Ethiopia
suppression of regional revolts
languageOfCommand Amharic
militaryBranchOf Imperial Ethiopian Army self-linksurface differs
surface form: Imperial Ethiopian Armed Forces
modernizationPeriod interwar period
late 19th century
nativeName የኢትዮጵያ ንጉሳዊ መከላከያ ሠራዊት
notableBattle Battle of Adwa
surface form: Battle of Adwa (1896)

Battle of Maychew (1936)
notableEngagement Battle of Adwa
East African campaign
surface form: East African Campaign of World War II

First Italo-Ethiopian War
Korean War
Ogaden conflict
surface form: Ogaden War (early border clashes)

Second Italo-Ethiopian War
notableUnit Kagnew Battalion
participatedIn United Nations Command
surface form: United Nations Command in the Korean War
partOf Imperial Ethiopian Army self-linksurface differs
surface form: Imperial Ethiopian Armed Forces
precededBy traditional feudal levies of the Ethiopian Empire
primaryRole land warfare
national defense
receivedTrainingFrom Belgian military advisers
British military mission
Swedish military advisers
United States military mission
sentExpeditionaryForceTo Korean Peninsula
serviceBranch land forces
symbolOf Ethiopian sovereignty

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Armed Forces of Ethiopia historicalPredecessor Imperial Ethiopian Army
Mengistu Haile Mariam (as Chairman of the Provisional Military Administrative Council and later President) serviceBranch Imperial Ethiopian Army
subject surface form: Mengistu Haile Mariam
this entity surface form: Ethiopian Army
Imperial Ethiopian Army militaryBranchOf Imperial Ethiopian Army self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Imperial Ethiopian Armed Forces
Imperial Ethiopian Army partOf Imperial Ethiopian Army self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Imperial Ethiopian Armed Forces
Battle of Amba Alagi (1895) armedForce Imperial Ethiopian Army
this entity surface form: Ethiopian imperial army