XXᵉ siècle – XXᵉ siècle
Horn of Africa
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Eritrea was an Italian colony placed under temporary British administration after the Second World War. The arrangement lasted until Eritrea federated with Ethiopia in 1952, marking a transitional stage between Italian colonial rule and a new constitutional relationship with Ethiopia.
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Eritrea entered the post-war period as a former Italian colony whose political status had been transformed by the defeat of Italy in East Africa. The territory was placed under temporary British administration rather than immediately restored to Italian control. This arrangement reflected the wider reorganisation of former Italian possessions after the war.
British administration was temporary by definition, but the extract does not describe the internal institutions or political debates through which Eritrea’s next status was determined. It does establish that the territory remained under British authority during the transitional period and that its future was connected to broader international decisions concerning the Horn of Africa.
In 1952 Eritrea federated with Ethiopia. The federation ended the period of temporary British administration and established a new relationship between Eritrea and Ethiopia, while also illustrating how post-war territorial settlements could replace direct European colonial rule without producing immediate independent sovereignty.
XXᵉ siècle – XXᵉ siècle
Horn of Africa
Traduction non disponible · Original (anglais) · français indisponible
Eritrea was an Italian colony placed under temporary British administration after the Second World War. The arrangement lasted until Eritrea federated with Ethiopia in 1952, marking a transitional stage between Italian colonial rule and a new constitutional relationship with Ethiopia.
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Le récit
Eritrea entered the post-war period as a former Italian colony whose political status had been transformed by the defeat of Italy in East Africa. The territory was placed under temporary British administration rather than immediately restored to Italian control. This arrangement reflected the wider reorganisation of former Italian possessions after the war.
British administration was temporary by definition, but the extract does not describe the internal institutions or political debates through which Eritrea’s next status was determined. It does establish that the territory remained under British authority during the transitional period and that its future was connected to broader international decisions concerning the Horn of Africa.
In 1952 Eritrea federated with Ethiopia. The federation ended the period of temporary British administration and established a new relationship between Eritrea and Ethiopia, while also illustrating how post-war territorial settlements could replace direct European colonial rule without producing immediate independent sovereignty.