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Battle of Adwa
1896 battle of the First Italo-Ethiopian War / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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. Ethiopia managed to defeat the invading Italian force led by Oreste Baratieri on Sunday, March 1, 1896 near the town of Adwa. The decisive victory thwarted the campaign of the Kingdom of Italy to expand its colonial empire in the Horn of Africa.[3] By the end of the 19th century, European powers had carved up almost all of Africa after the Berlin Conference; only Ethiopia and Liberia still maintained their independence.[4] Adwa became a pre-eminent symbol of pan-Africanism and secured Ethiopian sovereignty until the Second Italo-Ethiopian War forty years later.[5]
Battle of Adwa | |||||||
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Part of the First Italo-Ethiopian War | |||||||
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Strength | |||||||
73,000–100,000 | 14,519–17,770[1][2] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
3,886–7,000 killed |
~6,000 killed 3,865 captured | ||||||