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The Italo-Ethiopian War of 1887–1889 was an undeclared war between the Kingdom of Italy and the Ethiopian Empire occurring during the Italian colonization of Eritrea.The conflict ended with a treaty of friendship, which delimited the border between Ethiopia and Italian Eritrea but contained clauses whose different interpretations led to another Italo-Ethiopian war.
Bahru Zewde, A History of Modern Ethiopia - from 1855 to 1974, Eastern African Studies, (2nd ed. 1999), London, 1991, page 244 Haggai Erlich, Ras Alula and the cramble for Africa - A political biography: Ethiopia & Eritrea 1875-1897 , First Red Sea Press, Lawrenceville (NJ), Asmara, 1996, 223 p.
1982 Ethiopian-Somali Border War (1982) Derg and allies Somali Democratic Republic. Supported by: United States; Stalemate. Ethiopian invasion halted; Ethiopia occupies the border towns of Galdogob and Balanbale until 1988; United States delivers emergency military and humanitarian aid to Somalia to prevent further attacks by Ethiopia [8 ...
The Battle of Segheneyti, [6] or Saganèiti, was a small clash fought on August 8, 1888 [6] between the troops of the Kingdom of Italy and Abyssinian irregulars towards the end of the Italo-Ethiopian War of 1887-1889. The battle resulted in the destruction of Italian attachment that was deployed to Segheneyti. [7]
Italians felt that the battle of Dogali was an insult to be avenged, and started to attack Ethiopia for revenge. 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.
Following World War I and the rise of Italian Fascism, the Abyssinia Crisis began, and eventually culminated in the 1935–1936 Second Italo-Ethiopian War. [3] Ethiopia was invaded in 1935 by the Italian troops, who reached Addis Ababa on 5 May 1936. It was a brutal conflict: the Ethiopians used prohibited Dum-dum bullets and began mutilating ...
Thus when conflict later began with the Italians during the First Italo-Ethiopian War of 1895–6, the Ethiopian Empire had accrued a significant amount of modern weapons that allowed them to fight on similar terms as the European powers and maintain expansion. [17] British writer Evelyn Waugh describing this nineteenth century event stated:
The Battle of Chelenqo [2] was an engagement fought on 9 January 1887 between the Abyssinian army of Shewa under Negus Menelik and Emir 'Abd Allah II ibn 'Ali 'Abd ash-Shakur of Harar. The Harari forces were routed, and Negus Menelik afterwards occupied and annexed the city of Harar.