Gideon Force
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Formed by then Lieutenant Colonel Orde Wingatein January 1941, the Gideon Force operatedunder the direction of the British Special OperationsExecutive (SOE) to help restore emperorHaile Selassie to the throne of Ethiopia, whichwas occupied by Italy. Comprised of 50 British officersand 20 British noncommissioned officers incharge of 800 members of the Sudan Frontier Battalionand 800 Ethiopian (Abyssinian) troops, theGideon Force fought a daring guerrilla campaignand succeeded not only in establishing HaileSelassie in a base at Gojjam, Ethiopia, but also inescorting him to the very capital of the country,Addis Ababa, and returning him to power. Thissmall guerrilla force was instrumental in forcingthe Italians to lose their grip on Ethiopia.