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Draft:Abdissa Aga

  • Comment: What exactly is/was this person's ultimate rank? The 'honorific prefix' parameter in the infobox says colonel, but the body text in section 'Early life' says general, whereas the 'Later years and death' section claims that he was "elevated [...] from Colonel to Major" (which not only contradicts both of the previous claims, but also makes no sense as that would be a demotion!). Meanwhile, the 'rank' parameter in the infobox says Kebur Zabagna, which isn't even a rank. In short, this is a bit of a mess. DoubleGrazing (talk) 09:43, 5 March 2024 (UTC)
  • Comment: Source #5/6/8 (all the same source, just cited three times) is a blog, #7 is Scribd; all are user-generated, and therefore not reliable. I'm not too sure about #2/4, either. DoubleGrazing (talk) 09:39, 5 March 2024 (UTC)
  • Comment: Please tune down the tone and fix the duplicate references. Also note that the lead section should summarise an article's contents. --Johannes (Talk) (Contribs) (Articles) 10:29, 19 October 2023 (UTC)

Abdissa Aga (Afaan Oromo: waliigala sirba haaraa, Amharic: አብዲሳ አጋ; 1919 – March 1977) was an Ethiopian military commander who fought Italy and contributed Allied invasion of Italy during the Second Italo-Ethiopian War.[1][2][3]

Colonel

Abdissa Aga
አብዲሳ አጋ
Born1919 (1919)
Wollega, Welega Province, Ethiopian Empire
DiedMarch 1977(1977-03-00) (aged 57–58)
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Allegiance Ethiopian Empire
Years of service1920s–1960s
RankKebur Zabagna

Biography edit

Early life edit

Abdissa Aga was born into an Oromo family in Wellega, Ethiopia.[4][5] His father fiercely killed his brother when Abdissa was about 12 years old.[6] As a result, his father was executed. An upset Abdissa then joined the Ethiopian Army around the age of 14 to fight against the Italy during its invasion of Ethiopia in 1936. He fought through his ranks, eventually achieving general. A few years during his resistance against the Italians, he was ultimately defeated and sent to a POW concentration camp located in southern Italy.[7]

Breakage from the concentration camp edit

At the concentration camp, Abdissa met with other POWs from different nationality. He met with a Yugoslav man named, Captain Julio, and they both successfully freed themselves from the prison with a dozen of other men. A few days later, Abdissa and his men returned to the camp at night to help other prisoners escape. They did so while fighting the Fascist Italian forces, many of whom feared Abdissa.[8][9][10]

Later years and death edit

Upon his arrival to Ethiopia from Italy, Emperor Haile Selassie presented him with military rank and ordered him to modernize Ethiopian army together with Colonel Mulugeta Buli (later Major General) and Brigadier (Jagama Kelo, (later Lt. General). Abdissa completed a successful operation task in Ogaden during the Ethio-Somali conflict accompanied with General Aman Andom. In 1975, Abdissa was refused to join army after the Derg seize the power. As a result, the Derg government elevated his rank from Colonel to Major. Abdissa died from natural causes in March 1977.[11]

  1. ^ Kagan, R. (2021). The Hero’s Mask. Routledge. p. 1 c.8
  2. ^ Taylor, M. E. (2022, June 14). Abdissa Aga: The unsung Ethiopian hero who terrorized fascist Italians and fought them in their own land. Face2Face Africa. https://face2faceafrica.com/article/abdissa-aga-the-unsung-ethiopian-hero-who-terrorized-fascist-italians-and-fought-them-in-their-own-land
  3. ^ Berhane-Selassie, Tsehai (2018). Ethiopian Warriorhood: Defence, Land and Society 1800-1941. Boydell & Brewer. ISBN 978-1-84701-191-6.
  4. ^ Taylor, M. E. (2022, June 14). Abdissa Aga: The unsung Ethiopian hero who terrorized fascist Italians and fought them in their own land. Face2Face Africa. https://face2faceafrica.com/article/abdissa-aga-the-unsung-ethiopian-hero-who-terrorized-fascist-italians-and-fought-them-in-their-own-land
  5. ^ Aga, M. T. (n.d.). Abdissa Aga. Allaboutethio. https://allaboutethio.com/habdissa.html
  6. ^ Aga, M. T. (n.d.). Abdissa Aga. Allaboutethio. https://allaboutethio.com/habdissa.html
  7. ^ "Abdisa Aga | PDF". Scribd. Retrieved 2024-01-08.
  8. ^ Aga, Mark T. "Abdissa Aga — allaboutETHIO". allaboutethio.com. Retrieved 2024-01-08.
  9. ^ "A New Comic Book on the Real Life of Abdissa Agga Released". ENA English. Retrieved 2024-01-08.
  10. ^ Michael, Nigusie Kassaye W. (2023-05-15). Haile Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-1-6669-0824-4.
  11. ^ "Lt. Colonel Abdisa Aga who fought both Mussolini and Hitler". Ethiopian Tribune. 2023-05-08. Retrieved 2024-01-08.
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