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title: Announcement of the Return of the Emperor to Addis Ababa
author: Imperial War Museums
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/20588/announcement-of-the-return-of-the-emperor-to-addis/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/)
updated: 2025-06-17
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# Announcement of the Return of the Emperor to Addis Ababa
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## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/20588.jpg)
## Image Caption
Ethiopian men gather in Addis Ababa, heavily armed with captured Italian weapons, to hear the proclamation announcing the return to the capital of the Emperor Haile Selassie in May 1941.
Imperial [War](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/War/) Museums, London.
## Cite This Work
### APA
Museums, I. W. (2025, June 17). Announcement of the Return of the Emperor to Addis Ababa. *World History Encyclopedia*.
### Chicago
Museums, Imperial War. "Announcement of the Return of the Emperor to Addis Ababa." *World History Encyclopedia*, June 17, 2025. .
### MLA
Museums, Imperial War. "Announcement of the Return of the Emperor to Addis Ababa." *World History Encyclopedia*, 17 Jun 2025, .
## License & Copyright
[Original image](https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205189660) by **Imperial War Museums**. Submitted by [Fabio Sappino](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/fabiosappino/ "User Page: Fabio Sappino"), published on 17 June 2025. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/deed.en). This license lets others remix, adapt, and build upon your work non-commercially, and although their new works must also acknowledge you and be non-commercial, they don’t have to license their derivative works on the same terms. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.