British Military Administration in Eritrea

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The British Military Administration in Eritrea was the Allied-run colonial authority that governed Eritrea after the defeat of Italian rule in East Africa during World War II.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial government
military administration
administeredBy British Army
United Kingdom
appliesToEthnicGroup Eritrean population
appliesToEvent East African campaign
surface form: East African Campaign

World War II
surface form: Second World War
appliesToJurisdiction Eritrea
capital Asmara
continent Africa
countryAdministered Eritrea
currency East African shilling
endTime 1952
establishedAsConsequenceOf British conquest of Eritrea
defeat of Italy in East Africa
executiveBody British military governor
followedBy British Military Administration in Eritrea self-linksurface differs
surface form: British-administered Eritrea under United Nations trusteeship debate

Eritrean federation with Ethiopia
governmentType military government
hasPolicy limited political liberalization
maintenance of Italian-era infrastructure
reform of colonial legal system
historyOfTopic decolonization of Eritrea
legalStatus temporary military occupation authority
legislativeBody British authorities
surface form: British military authorities
locatedIn Horn of Africa
natureOfStatement Allied military occupation
occupationBy United Kingdom
officialLanguage English
participantIn post–World War II settlement in the Horn of Africa
partOf British Military Administration in Eritrea self-linksurface differs
surface form: British Military Administration in Italian East Africa

history of Eritrea
history of the British Empire
precededBy Italian East Africa
surface form: Italian Eritrea

Italian colonial rule in Eritrea
replaced Italian colonial administration in Eritrea
significantEvent debate over Eritrea’s postwar status at the United Nations
rise of Eritrean nationalist movements
startTime 1941
1941-04
territoryIncludes Asmara
Keren
Massawa
timePeriod 20th century
usedLanguage Arabic
Italian
Tigrinya

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Italian East Africa successor British Military Administration in Eritrea
British military administration partOf British Military Administration in Eritrea
subject surface form: British Military Administration in Eritrea
this entity surface form: British Military Administration in occupied Italian territories
Sudan Defence Force conflict British Military Administration in Eritrea
this entity surface form: Allied occupation of Eritrea
Italian colonization of Eritrea endEvent British Military Administration in Eritrea
this entity surface form: British military occupation of Eritrea in World War II
Italian colonization of Eritrea followedBy British Military Administration in Eritrea
Eritrean nationalism developedInContextOf British Military Administration in Eritrea
AOI successor British Military Administration in Eritrea
British Military Administration in Eritrea partOf British Military Administration in Eritrea self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: British Military Administration in Italian East Africa
British Military Administration in Eritrea followedBy British Military Administration in Eritrea self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: British-administered Eritrea under United Nations trusteeship debate
Eritrea–Ethiopia federation precededBy British Military Administration in Eritrea
Allied occupation of Asmara result British Military Administration in Eritrea
this entity surface form: British military administration in Eritrea
Allied occupation of Asmara administeredBy British Military Administration in Eritrea
Eritrea–United Kingdom relations hasHistoricalContext British Military Administration in Eritrea
this entity surface form: British military administration in Eritrea
Eritrea–United Kingdom relations historicalPeriod British Military Administration in Eritrea
this entity surface form: British Military Administration in Eritrea (1941–1952)
Massawa historicalPeriod British Military Administration in Eritrea