Helion and Company has announced the upcoming publication of Emperor's Own: Ethiopian Forces in the Korean War: The History of the Ethiopian Imperial Bodyguard Battalion in the Korean War.
Helion & Company are one of the world's leading specialist publishers and booksellers of military history. This is not their first publication on Ethiopian military history. Under their Africa @ War Series, they previously published Wings Over Ogaden: The Ethiopian-Somali War 1978-1979 and two volumes on the Ethiopian-Eritrean War.
Emperor's Own is due out October 2019 (Amazon).
Ethiopia's Kagnew Battalion in the Korean War
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We are enormously grateful to the folks at Helion & Company for bringing the story of Kagnew Battalion to light. Emperor's Ow...
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