Appendix 5
ITALIAN FORCES DEPLOYED IN ITALIAN EAST AFRICA, 1 JUNE 1940

COMMAND (Governi) Officers N.C.O.s Italian Troops TOTAL Colonial Grand Totals
Regular (R.E.) Volunteer (M.V.S.N.)* Reg. Vol. Reg. Vol. Reg. Vol.
Italian East Africa Force Headquarters (Commando FF.AA.AOI) 420 29 727 49 4,824 65 5,971 143 1,468 7,582
Eritrea 802 116 956 184 6,350 3,111 8,108 3,411 30,342 41,861
Amhara 925 285 786 539 5,393 12,667 7,104 13,491 39,684 60,279
Shoa 1,140 246 1,176 377 11,336 4,250 13,652 4,873 35,056 53,581
Galla-Sidamo 700 74 583 138 3,503 1,931 4,786 2,143 23,886 30,815
Harar 686 73 563 112 3,944 1,735 5,193 1,920 31,001 38,114
Somaliland 458 35 437 40 1,704 586 2,599 661 20,458 23,718
Totals 5,131 858 5,228 1,439 37,054 24,345 47,413 26,642 181,895 255,950
Grand Totals 5,989 6,667 61,399 74,055 181,895 255,950

* Milizia Volontaria di Sicurezza Nazionale (i.e. Blackshirt Militia).

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OTHER ARMS

  Officers N.C.O's Italians Colonial Total
Carabinieri
(Carabinieri Reali)		 76 811 2,085 6,086 9,058
Customs Guards
(R. Guardia Finanza)		 41 174 799 831 1,845
Navy
(R. Marina A.O.I.)		 356 1,143 5,721 2,994 10,214
Air Force
(R. Aeronautica)		 499 791 2,872 3,566 7,728
Italian East Africa Police
(Polizia Africa It.)		 90 349 1,341 4,601 6,381
Totals 1,062 3,268 12,818 18,078 35,226

(La Guerra in Africa Orienlale. Ministero della Difesa, Stato Maggiore Esercito, Ufficio Storico. Rome, 1952. Allegata 1.)

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