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In 1941, Italian colonial rule in East Africa ended when Mussolini鈥檚 soldiers made a dramatic final stand in the northern Ethiopian town of Gondar. After a bloody battle, General Guglielmo Nasi surrendered to troops from the British empire and Ethiopian fighters loyal to Emperor Haile Selassie. Simon Watts listens to an account in the 蘑菇短视频 archive from Rene Cutforth, who was then a British army officer and later became a distinguished 蘑菇短视频 war correspondent.

PHOTO: Italian soldiers surrendering in the build-up to the Battle of Gondar (Getty Images)