Other Personalities of The War
- Giacomo Appiotti – Commanded 3rd "21st April" Blackshirt Division
- Menen Asfaw – Empress of Ethiopia
- Ettore Bastico – Commanded the 1st "23rd March" Blackshirt Division and III Corps
- Galeazzo Ciano – Mussolini's son-in-law, commanded a bomber squadron nicknamed "The Reckless" (La Disperata)
- Makonnen Endelkachew – Commander of the Army of Illubabor
- Roberto Farinacci – Served as a member of the Voluntary Militia for National Security (Milizia Volontaria per la Sicurezza Nazionale, or MVSN) and eventually attained the rank of Lieutenant General, he lost a hand while fishing with a grenade
- Italo Gariboldi – Commander of the 30th "Sabauda" Infantry Division
- Marcus Garvey – Supporter of Ethiopia
- Oliver Law – Supporter of Ethiopia
- Tekle Hawariat Tekle Mariyam – Ethiopia's Representative at the League of Nations
- Vittorio Mussolini – Mussolini's son, he and his younger brother Bruno crewed Italian bombers
- Sylvia Pankhurst – Supporter of Ethiopia
- Alessandro Pavolini – President of the Fascist Confederation of Professionals and Artists, served as a Lieutenant
- Balcha Safo – An aged Ethiopian fighter and former Governor of the Sidamo Province
- Achille Starace – Party Secretary of the National Fascist Party, commanded the East African Fast Column (Colonna Celere de Africa Orientale) – See Battle of Shire
- Asfaw Wossen Taffari – Crown Prince of Ethiopia and the commander of the Wollo provincial forces
- Wolde Giyorgis Wolde Yohannes – Haile Selassie's private secretary
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