World-changing1895 – 1896 · 1 year

Battle of Adwa (Italian theater)

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Adwa · Eritrea · Tigray

Estimated casualties

Casualty figures unrecorded for this conflict.

Menelik II's decisive victory destroyed Baratieri's Italian army, securing Ethiopia's independence and ending the First Italo-Ethiopian War.

Belligerents2

Kingdom of Italy
Ethiopian Empire

ON THE MAPEthiopian Empire (Menelik II Expansion)

Conflict graph

PART OFItalian-Ethiopian Wars

Sources

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Cite as: Battle of Adwa (Italian theater) (1895 – 1896). War Atlas. https://waratlas.org/c/battle-of-adwa-italian-theater · Sources & methodology