Abyssinia 1935 - 1936

Ethiopian Army 1935

Addis Ababa
Emperor Haile Selassie
    • 3 Battalions of the Imperial Guard Kebur Zabangna
    • Cadet school (Mobilized as a Guard battalion late in the war with Cadets as officers with militia soldiers.)
Northern front
Army of the Left - Ras Imru Haile Selassie (Grazmach = "General/Commander of the Left")

Mahel Sefari (Army of the Center) (70,000 regulars) - Ras Mulugeta Yeggazu of Illubabor

Army of the Right- Ras Kassa Haile Darge (Qegnazmach = "General/Commander of the right")

Danakil region - Dejazmach Kassa Sebhat

  • 400 trained men
  • 100 regulars
  • 5 machineguns
Later Reinforcements

Ifrata Sefari - Ras Kebbede

Welega-Ardjo Sefari - Bitwoded Makonnen Demissie

  • 12,000 men (best armed of the Northern armies, also had Oerlikon AA guns)
Kaffa Sefari - Ras Getachew Abate

  •  ? men
To subdue Gojjam revolt

Wollo Sefari - Crown Prince Asfaw Wossen Tafari

  • from Wollo - Nevraid Aregai
    • 1,000 men
  • from Lekemt - Dejazmach Hapte Gabre Mariam Gabre
    • 1,000 men
Southern front Ogaden

Ogaden Sefari - Grazmach Afawarq Walda Samayat

  • less than 2,000 men - Fitawrari Badde / Balambaras Ali Nur
  • Some hundreds of Somali rebels - Omar Samanthar
  • 2 Guard Battalions - Fitawrari Simu and Kebbede
    • 1,000 men with machineguns and mortars
  • Total 3,000 men
Reinforcements

Hararghe Sefari - Dejazmach Nasibu Emmanual - C-in-C in Ogaden after Afewerq's death

  • 1 Guard Battalion
  • Illubabor Sefari - Dejazmach Makonnen Endelkachew
    • 12,000 men
  • Gemu Gofa Sefari - Dejazmach Abebe Damtew
    • 3,000 men (described as having scarcely a modern rifle, with ocher and pink headresses)
  • Arusi Sefari - Dejazmach Amde Mikael
    • 3,000 men (provincial levies)
  • Kula Sefari - Dejazmach Hapte Mikael
    • 1,000 men
Webi Shebelle front

Juba Front