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Battle of Adwa
Season 1 · Episode 116

Battle of Adwa

The story of Ethiopia's victory of Italy in 1896 at Adwa

History Dispatches

August 11, 202520m 47s

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Show Notes

On March 1, 1896, near the town of Adwa, Ethiopia, the forces of the Kingdom of Italy - attempting to expand its colonial empire in the Horn of Africa - clashed with the Ethiopian army in the climatic battle of the First Italian-Ethiopian War. The result was one of the most stunning defeats of a European power in Africa - and left Ethiopia as one of the few independent nations remaining on the continent. This is the story of the Battle of Adwa.


Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Adwa

https://ethiopiancrown.org/the-battle-of-adwa/

Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Adoua_1.jpg


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