Angelo Del Boca, The Ethiopian War 1935-1941 (1965)
cites a 1945 memorandum from Ethiopia to the Conference of Prime Ministers which tallies 760,300 natives dead:
Battle Deaths: 275,000
Hunger among refugees: 300,000
Patriots killed during occupation: 75,000
Concentration camps: 35,000
Feb. 1937 massacre: 30,000
Executions: 24,000
Civilians killed by air force: 17,800
Concerning the massacre of 19-21 Feb. 1937 in Addis Ababa, he doubts Ethiopian claims that 30,000 were killed, and suggests it was 3,000 instead.
Battle deaths on the Italian side:
Italians: 426 officers + 4785 men = 5211
Native auxilliaries: 10,000
Alberto Sbacchi, Ethiopia Under Mussolini (1985)
Battle deaths:
Italy: 15,000
Ethiopia: 275,000
TOTAL: 290,000
Sbacchi also cites the claims of 30,000 massacred Feb. 1937, but he too supports a death toll of 3,000. He also claims 5,469 executions by the end of 1937 in retaliation for an attempt on Graziani's life.
Anthony Mockley, Haile Selasse's War
He also suggests 3,000 Ethiopians massacred in Addis Ababa during the weekend of 19-21 Feb. 1937. Also, the Italians reported some 1,469 summary executions across the country as of 28 March 1937.
Analysis: Three sources accept that 275,000 Ethiopians died in combat, so, incredible as it may seem, we probably should go along. As for the number of civilian deaths, the total is probably less than the 485T claimed in the 1945 memo. For example, note the discrepancies in the number killed in Addis Ababa (3T vs. 30T) and the number of executions (5.5T vs. 24T); however, a quarter to a third of the memo's total is not inconceivable, pushing the total of unnatural civilian deaths during the Abyssinian conquest into the neighborhood of 120-160,000
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Angelo Del Boca, The Ethiopian War 1935-1941 (1965)
cites a 1945 memorandum from Ethiopia to the Conference of Prime Ministers which tallies 760,300 natives dead:
Battle Deaths: 275,000
Hunger among refugees: 300,000
Patriots killed during occupation: 75,000
Concentration camps: 35,000
Feb. 1937 massacre: 30,000
Executions: 24,000
Civilians killed by air force: 17,800
Concerning the massacre of 19-21 Feb. 1937 in Addis Ababa, he doubts Ethiopian claims that 30,000 were killed, and suggests it was 3,000 instead.
Battle deaths on the Italian side:
Italians: 426 officers + 4785 men = 5211
Native auxilliaries: 10,000
Alberto Sbacchi, Ethiopia Under Mussolini (1985)
Battle deaths:
Italy: 15,000
Ethiopia: 275,000
TOTAL: 290,000
Sbacchi also cites the claims of 30,000 massacred Feb. 1937, but he too supports a death toll of 3,000. He also claims 5,469 executions by the end of 1937 in retaliation for an attempt on Graziani's life.
Anthony Mockley, Haile Selasse's War
He also suggests 3,000 Ethiopians massacred in Addis Ababa during the weekend of 19-21 Feb. 1937. Also, the Italians reported some 1,469 summary executions across the country as of 28 March 1937.
Analysis: Three sources accept that 275,000 Ethiopians died in combat, so, incredible as it may seem, we probably should go along. As for the number of civilian deaths, the total is probably less than the 485T claimed in the 1945 memo. For example, note the discrepancies in the number killed in Addis Ababa (3T vs. 30T) and the number of executions (5.5T vs. 24T); however, a quarter to a third of the memo's total is not inconceivable, pushing the total of unnatural civilian deaths during the Abyssinian conquest into the neighborhood of 120-160,000
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