he Battle of Adwa – 121 years since the Ethiopian Army defeated the Italians


Painting depicting the Battle of Adwa
Painting depicting the Battle of Adwa
Today is Adwa day, an Ethiopian holiday that  the Ethiopian victory of the Battle of Adwa in 1896. This was the battle that ended Italian Colonial ambitions in Ethiopia (until Mussolini gave renewed energy to colonial aspirations).  What happened?
The Italian forces: some 18,000 soldiers, faced the Emperor Menelik’s mighty army of
Emperor Menelik II

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