Qualla: Battle of Amba Aradam https://qualla.com/battle-of-amba-aradam en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:29 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Battle of Amba Aradam https://qualla.com/battle-of-amba-aradam Battle of Amba Aradam: Introduction https://qualla.com/battle-of-amba-aradam/ Ethiopian soldiers had 18 old field guns, about 400 machine guns, a handful of anti-aircraft pieces, and no airplanes. The Italian force attacking them had 280 artillery pieces, more than 5,000 machine guns, 170 aircraft, tankettes, and mustard gas - an illegal chemical weapon that Italy sprayed on Ethiopian soldiers and civilians from the sky. This is the war Ras Mulugeta Yeggazu's 80,000 men fought at Amba Aradam in February 1936. They lost. That they fought for days against those odds, on the steep slopes of a fortified mountain, matters. Italian journalists on the other side of the valley had been given high-powered telescopes to watch the battle unfold; Time magazine wrote it up. The Ethiopians dying on the mountain were describable from safety like a horse race. Four decades after Adwa, Italy came back with poison gas, and this time there was no Menelik to stop them.

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]]> Thu, 23 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/f/k/5/battle-of-amba-aradam-wp/sfk5-battle-of-amba-aradam-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Battle of Amba Aradam: A Return Engagement https://qualla.com/battle-of-amba-aradam/ Benito Mussolini launched the Second Italo-Ethiopian War on 3 October 1935, invading from the Italian colony of Eritrea without a declaration of war. The opening phase under General Emilio De Bono moved slowly, and Mussolini replaced him in December with Marshal Pietro Badoglio. ...

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]]> Thu, 23 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/f/k/5/battle-of-amba-aradam-wp/sfk5-battle-of-amba-aradam-a-return-engagement.mp3 0:06 2 full Battle of Amba Aradam: The Asymmetry https://qualla.com/battle-of-amba-aradam/ The forces were roughly equal in number - the Italians attacking with comparable manpower. The material difference was staggering. Italian fascist forces at Amba Aradam commanded over 5,000 machine guns, 280 pieces of artillery, and 170 aircraft of the Regia Aeronautica, some of ...

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]]> Thu, 23 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/f/k/5/battle-of-amba-aradam-wp/sfk5-battle-of-amba-aradam-the-asymmetry.mp3 0:06 3 full Battle of Amba Aradam: The Battle, 10-15 February 1936 https://qualla.com/battle-of-amba-aradam/ At 8:00 AM on 10 February 1936, Badoglio launched his attack. Royal Italian Army troops and fascist Blackshirts led the advance, with Eritrean askari conscripts held in reserve. The I and III Army Corps advanced across the Kalamino Plain, reaching the May Gabat River by nightfall...

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