F5
Escort
Commissioned 1 May 1936
On 5 May 1936, Italian troops invaded Addis Ababa during the
Second Italian Abyssinian War, making it the capital of Italian
East Africa from 1936 to 1941, and calling it by the Italian
rendition of its name, Addis Abeba.
On 7 May 1936, Italy annexes Ethiopia.
On 9 May 1936, Ethiopia, and Italian Somaliland. Italian East
Africa Italian: Africa Orientale Italiana was an Italian colony
established in 1936, resulting from the merger of the Ethiopian
Empire with the colonies of Italian Somaliland and Italian
Eritrea.
F9
Escort
Launched 11 May 1936
F10
Escort
Launched 11 May 1936
On 12 May 1936, The first prototype of the
Messerschmitt
Bf 110 made its maiden flight from Augsburg-Haunstetten,
Germany, with test pilot Rudolf Opitz at the controls.
Z10
Hans Lody Destroyer
Launched 14 May 1936
F6
Escort
Commissioned 25 May 1936
Go To: June
Articles:
The Second Great War.
Edited by Sir John Hamilton
The War Illustrated.
Edited by Sir John Hamilton
2194 Days Of War.
ISBN-10: 086136614X
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