International Journal of Political Science and Development
 

International Journal of Political Science and Development

Vol. 3(2), pp. 119–128, February, 2015.  

DOI: 10.14662/IJPSD2015.013

ISSN: 2360-784X

Research Paper

The Second Italo-Ethiopian War was a colonial war fought between the armed forces of the Italy and the armed forces of the Ethiopia; started in October 1935 and ended in May 1936. The colonial war was ended in favor of Fascist force and consequently, this leads to the five year Italy occupation and bitter patriotic resistance internally and diplomatic offence externally. The five year Fascist Italy occupation was ended in 1941.However; the five year Italian rule over Ethiopia was not a peaceful experience of colonial rule. They were continuously harassed by Ethiopian patriots and had to live entrenched in their isolated fortifications. Italians also committed several crimes against humanity: they used poison gas burnt down villages and slaughtered civilians. In this case, Ametsegna Washa; some call it “the cave of Zeret” was one of the forgotten massacres which happened in 1939, where up to 2500 Ethiopians were gassed and machine-gunned. This paper, therefore, attempts to describe and analyze the forgotten massacres of the inhabitant of Menz in Ametsegna Washa (The cave of Zeret) by Fascist Italy in 1939.

Key words; Colonialism, Imperialism, Fascist, Guerrilla Fighting, Italy, Second Italo-Ethiopian War

 

Cite This Article As: Ayferam G (2015). Ametsegna Washa (The cave of Zeret), the cave of the last battle of the Italo-Ethiopian war; Guerrilla Fighting against Fascism and Colonialism during the Second Italo-Ethiopian War. Inter. J. Polit. Sci. Develop.  3(2): 119-128

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