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2. First Italo-Ethiopian War - Wikipedia

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   The First Italo-Ethiopian War, also referred to as the First Italo-Abyssinian War, or simply known as the Abyssinian War in Italy, (Italian: Guerra d'Abissinia), was a war fought between Italy and Ethiopia from 1895 to 1896.

3. Battle of Adwa - Wikipedia

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   The Battle of Adwa (Amharic: የዐድዋ ጦርነት; Tigrinya: ውግእ ዓድዋ; Italian: battaglia di Adua, also spelled Adowa) was the climactic battle of the First Italo-Ethiopian War. The Ethiopian army managed to defeat the heavily outnumbered invading Italian and Eritrean force led by Oreste Baratieri on March 1, 1896, near the town ...

4. Battle of Amba Alagi (1895) - Wikipedia

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   The Battle of Amba Alagi was the first in a series of battles between the Italian General Baratieri and Ethiopia's Emperor Menelik during the First Italo-Ethiopian War. Amba Alagi was one of Baratieri's forward positions; it was under the command of Major Toselli with 2,000 Eritrean Askari.

5. List of wars involving Eritrea - Wikipedia

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   First Italo-Ethiopian War (1895–96) Italo-Turkish War (1911–12) Second Italo-Ethiopian War (1935–36) World War II; East African campaign (1940–41) Since 1950 ...

6. Matteo Albertone - Wikipedia

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   Matteo Francesco Albertone OCI (29 March 1840 – 13 February 1919) was an Italian general, mostly known for his role during the First Italo-Ethiopian War. He led the Native Brigade during the battle of Adwa and was taken prisoner by the Ethiopians.

7. Battle of Debra Ailà - Wikipedia

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   The Battle of Debra Ailà (Debre Ailat) took place during the First Italo-Ethiopian War on October 9, 1895, where under the combined efforts of Italian colonial troops and Askari troops defeated the rearguard of the Tigrayan army, which had withdrawn from Tigray's capital Mek'ele.

8. Siege of Mekelle - Wikipedia

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   The siege of Mekelle, sometimes known as the battle of Mekelle, took place in January 1896 during the First Italo-Ethiopian War.Italian forces surrendered a partially completed fort at Mekelle, a city in the northern Tigray Region of Ethiopia which they had occupied since 1895, to Ethiopian forces.

9. Battle of Dogali - Wikipedia

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   They were able to occupy Eritrea in 1887–89, although they failed in the occupation of the remaining Ethiopian territory in the First Italo-Ethiopian War. In 1936, Fascist Italy launched a second invasion which resulted in the Italian victory and the occupation of Ethiopia , until it was liberated during WW2.