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Armies of the Adowa Campaign 1896 :

1849084572

9781849084574

b619576

Armies of the Adowa Campaign 1896 :

[Book]

the Italian disaster in Ethiopia

Sean McLachlan; illustrated by Raffaele Ruggeri.

Oxford

Osprey Pub Co.

2011

48 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm.

Men-at-arms, 471;

Italy's East African ambitions --; Chronology --; The Mahdist Challenge, 1890-94 --; Confrontation with Ethiopia, 1895 --; Adowa: the Italian advance --; The battle --; The Ethiopian Army --; The Italian Army --; Select bibliography --; Plate commentaries --; Index.

"In the late 19th century, the new nation-state of Italy was eager to join her European neighbors in creating an international empire. Italy's eyes turned towards Africa as a source of potential colonies. Most of the continent had already been carved up between the Great Powers but Italy succeeded in securing a foothold in Eritrea on the Red Sea coast, a vassal of the Emperor of Ethiopia. Trade and other links were established with the Ethiopian empire but quarrels regarding the interpretation of a particular clause led to Ethiopian support for uprisings in Eritrea. Italian troops entered northern Ethiopia and captured Adowa, the capital of the Tigray province. Full-scale war broke out and this new Osprey title tracks every development in the battle and the men who fought in it." --Publisher description.

Adwa, Battle of, Adwa, Ethiopia, 1896.

Soldiers -- Ethiopia -- Pictorial works.

Soldiers -- Italy -- Pictorial works.

Sean McLachlan; illustrated by Raffaele Ruggeri.

Sean McLachlan

[Book]

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