Yakin Gabashin Afirka (Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu)

Yakin Gabashin Afirka (wanda aka fi sani da Yakin Abyssinia) an yi yaƙi a Gabashin Afirka a lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu ta Allies na Yaƙin Duniya ya II, galibi daga Daular Burtaniya, a kan Italiya da mulkin mallaka na Italiyanci na Gabashin Afirka, tsakanin Yuni 1940 da Nuwamba 1941. Rundunar Burtaniya ta Gabas ta Tsakiya tare da dakarun daga Ingila, Afirka ta Kudu, Indiya ta Burtaniya, Uganda Protectorate, Kenya, Somaliland, Afirka ta Yamma, Arewa da Kudancin Rhodesia, Sudan da Nyasaland sun shiga cikin yakin. Wadannan sun haɗu da Allied Force Publique na Belgian Congo, Imperial Ethiopian Arbegnoch (sojojin adawa) da kuma karamin rukuni na Free French Forces.

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A ranar 9 ga Mayu 1936, mai mulkin kama-karya na Italiya, Benito Mussolini, ya ayyana kafa Gabashin Afirka ta Italiya (Africa Orientale Italiana, AOI), daga Habasha bayan Yaƙin Italo-Abyssinian na Biyu da kuma yankunan Italiyanci Eritrea da Somaliland . https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-345-02462-6https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-345-02462-6 A ranar 10 ga Yuni 1940, Mussolini ya ayyana yaƙi da Burtaniya da Faransa, wanda ya sa sojojin Italiya a Libya barazana ga Masar kuma waɗanda ke cikin AOI haɗari ga mulkin mallaka na Burtaniya da Faransanci a Gabashin Afirka. Har ila yau, yaƙin Italiya ya rufe Bahar Rum ga jiragen ruwa na kasuwanci na Allied da kuma hanyoyin teku na Burtaniya da ke cikin haɗari a bakin tekun Gabashin Afirka, Tekun Aden, Bahar Maliya da Suez Canal. (Mulkin Masar ya kasance tsaka tsaki a lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu amma sharuddan yarjejeniyar Anglo-Masar ta 1936 ta ba da damar Burtaniya ta mamaye Masar da Anglo-Masanci Sudan.) http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/UN/India/RIN/index.htmlMasar, Suez Canal, Faransa Somaliland da British Somaliland suma suna da haɗari ga mamayewa amma Janar Janar na Italiya sun shirya don yaƙi bayan 1942; a lokacin rani na 1940 Italiya ba ta shirya don yaƙin dogon lokaci ko don mamaye manyan yankuna na Afirka ba.http://ibiblio.org/hyperwar/UN/India/EAfrica/index.html
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