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The Battle of Gondar
In 1941, Italian colonial rule in Africa ended after a dramatic last stand by Mussolini's soldiers
In 1941, Italian colonial rule in East Africa ended when Mussolini’s soldiers made a dramatic final stand in the northern Ethiopian town of Gondar. After a bloody battle, General Guglielmo Nasi surrendered to troops from the British empire and Ethiopian fighters loyal to Emperor Haile Selassie. Simon Watts listens to an account in the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ archive from Rene Cutforth, who was then a British army officer and later became a distinguished ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ war correspondent.
PHOTO: Italian soldiers surrendering in the build-up to the Battle of Gondar (Getty Images)
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