This paper discusses the fascist Italian occupation and its impact in Ethiopia, with the case of the fascist colonial capital in the Amhara Governorate of Gondar from 1936 to 1941. It explores the history and socio-cultural aspects and the response of the Gondarien (Ethiopians) to the colonial attempt. A qualitative methodology is employed, drawing on a variety of sources, including secondary, oral, and archival sources. It is argued that although Ethiopians from different ethnic and religious backgrounds fought together against the fascist colonial attempt in Gondar, they were unable to save Gondar from the fascist and its long-term effects. When the fascists arrived in Gondar after the Battle of Maychew in 1936, they began to dominate Gondar and changed the early structure of the city into their own colonial administration, led the expulsion of the Ethiopians in the city and built about 352 infrastructures. The fascists adopted a divide-and-rule colonial policy among Ethiopians to prolong their administration and reduce anti-fascist rule. Although the fascists had socio-cultural impacts on the city of Gondar that are still present, the combined Anglo-Ethiopian force defeated them in the Battle of Gondar in 1941, which led to their expulsion.
Tesfamichael Fentie Derso (Mon,) studied this question.