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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 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ethiopian order of battle in the Second Italo-Ethiopian War」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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