Second Italo-Ethiopian War - Other Personalities of The War

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