Postwar Depression and British Dismantling of Infrastructure
In the year 1945
After WWII was over, economic depression set in. The British dismantled and salvaged many Eritrean factories and transportation infrastructure. Lawlessness and anti-Italian banditry (shiftanet) became rampant.
La Teleferica: The Asmara-Massawa cableway; dismantled and sold for scraps
After WWII was over, economic depression set in. The British dismantled and salvaged many Eritrean factories and transportation infrastructure. Lawlessness and anti-Italian banditry (shiftanet) became rampant.