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1936-1941: Hailesellasie abandoned Abyssinia and his people and exiled to Bath, England at the sight of advancing Fascist Italy. During this time with the help of Sylvia Pankhurst he lobbied the British Parliament for owning any part of Eritrea and gain sea access. Some of the British establishment feeling guilty for not helping Hailesellasie started to be sympathetic to his yearning of sea access. 1941-1946: The US, British and allies won the bloody second world war and started to split the loots of world politics, and the Italian Colonies ( Eritrea, Somalia, Lybia) were part of the loots. Haileselassie and mainly British politicians started their move of Irredentism, to split and own parts of Eritrea. 1946 -1952: An intense of haggling and negotiations amongst (US, British, France, Italy) on the fate of Italian Colonies including (Somalia/Somaliailand, Lybia(Tripolitania, Cyrenaica, and Fezzan) and Eritrea. Hailesellasie did not even fight for whole of Eritrea, he was content with taking the Highlands and the southern seacoast (which was the proposed solution by the British Government led by James Bevan ). 1952 - 1962: Emperor Haillesilasie did not want independent Eritrea, he wanted a province, so he went on to destroy the Federation. The Coptic religious leaders were used by Hailesillasie to persuade a section of Eritrean population who was fed-up with the Italian and British apartheid policies during that period. The Italians were also attempting to administer Asmara and Massawa at their dominions at time. 1961-1991: Young, Old, Men, Women and all sections of Eritreans fought, bled, died, sacrificed everything to attain independence and build one of the most formidable organization to fight against all odds and become victorious, in one of the most stunning victory in the 20th century and a free and fiercely independent Eritrea was achieved. 1991 -Now: Many attempts to undermine Eritrea's sovereignty including the latest attempt by Abiy, and yet Eritreans have kept the sovereignty fiercely independent and paying a high price for it.