Regional1941

Battle of Dessie

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Ethiopia

Estimated casualties

Casualty figures unrecorded for this conflict.

Battle of Dessie (1941), part of the World War II. South Africa defeated Italy.

Belligerents2

South Africa
Italy

Conflict graph

PART OFWorld War II

Sources

HCED — Miller & Bakar (2023), Historical Conflict Event Dataset, J. Conflict Resolution 67(2-3)
Jaques, Dictionary of Battles and Sieges (HCED primary source)

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Cite as: Battle of Dessie (1941). War Atlas. https://waratlas.org/c/battle-of-dessie · Sources & methodology