WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -On the first day of March 124 years ago, traditional warriors, farmers and pastoralists as well as women defeated a well-armed Italian army in the northern town of Adwa in Ethiopia. The outcome of this battle ensured Ethiopia’s independence, making it the only African country never to be colonized.

Detailed explanation-2: -Italian defeat came about after the Battle of Adwa, where the Ethiopian army (supported by Russian and French equipment, as well as by a unit of Russian advisers) dealt the heavily outnumbered Italian soldiers and Eritrean askaris a decisive blow and forced their retreat back into Eritrea.

Detailed explanation-3: -Battle of Adwa, Adwa also spelled Adowa or Italian Adua, (March 1, 1896), military clash at Adwa, in north-central Ethiopia, between the Ethiopian army of Emperor Menilek II and Italian forces.

Detailed explanation-4: -State of East Africa The first phase of the colonial expansion concluded with the disastrous First Italo-Ethiopian War and the defeat of the Italian forces in the Battle of Adwa, on 1 March 1896, inflicted by the Ethiopian Army of Negus Menelik II, aided by Russia and France.

Detailed explanation-5: -In October 1935 Italian troops invaded Ethiopia – then also known as Abyssinia – forcing the country’s Emperor, Haile Selassie, into exile.