Engraving of the battlefield at Adwa where Italian forces were defeated in Abyssinia, circa 1896. The Battle of Adwa was the climactic battle of the First Italo-Ethiopian War. The Ethiopian forces defeated the Italian invading force on Sunday 1 March 1896, near the town of Adwa, ending Italian plans to dominate the

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Location: Ethiopia
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