Abstract:
This thesis deals with the patriotic resistance against the Italians in Armaceho from
1936 to 1941. By using archival, oral and written secondary sources, the thesis gives
an analysis of the Italian invasion and the reaction of the Ethiopian people in general
and Armaceho in particular to defend their country against the aggressor and the
sacrifice paid by the patriots of the region in the period of conventional war. The type
of the administrative system that the Italians had established in Armaceho, the Italian
propaganda and the act of collaboration are also included in the thesis. The genesis
and the development of the resistance in Armaceho, the various engagements that made
by the patriots to defend their region and country, the leadership and organization and
the vertical and the horizontal relationship between the patriots are also discussed.
Moreover, the valuable role of the women, the challenges that the patriots encountered
while they resisting the enemy, the individuals, groups as well as nations 'participation
and their role along the Ethio-Sudanese border and in Armaceho are studied. The
thesis also examines the return of the emperor to Sudan and then Ethiopia, the coming
of the British help to Ethiopia, the way that the emperor and other propagandists had
brought the collaborators to the patriots' side, the role of Sahfd Tezaz Haile Walde
Rufe in the liberation of Armaceho, the reason why the campaign to liberate the city of
Gondar was delayed and the effects of the occupation over the inhabitants of the
region.
