<Tr> <Td> <Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Second Italo - Ethiopian War </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Part of the Interwar Period </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Italian artillery in Tembien, Ethiopia, in 1936 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Date </Th> <Td> 3 October 1935--May 1936 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Location </Th> <Td> Ethiopia </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Result </Th> <Td> Decisive Italian victory </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Territorial changes </Th> <Td> Annexation of Ethiopia by Italy Foundation of Italian East Africa </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Belligerents </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <P> Ethiopia </P> Material support: Germany </Td> <Td> <P> Italy </P> <Ul> <Li> Italian Eritrea </Li> <Li> Italian Somaliland </Li> <Li> Italian Libya </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Commanders and leaders </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Haile Selassie I Imru Haile Selassie Kassa Haile Darge Seyum Mangasha Mulugeta Yeggazu † Desta Damtew Nasibu Emmanual (WIA) </Td> <Td> Benito Mussolini Victor Emmanuel III Emilio De Bono Pietro Badoglio Rodolfo Graziani Hamid Idris Awate Olol Dinle </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Strength </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> c. 800,000 combatants (c. 330,000 mobilized) 13 aircraft 4 tanks and 7 armored cars </Td> <Td> Approx . 500,000 combatants (Approx . 100,000 mobilized) Approx. 595 aircraft Approx. 795 tanks </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Casualties and losses </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> c. 275,000 combatants killed c. 500,000 wounded Total: c. 775,000 combatants and civilians killed or wounded (250,000 mustard gas casualties) </Td> <Td> <P> Italian government statistics 1,148 killed (125 died of wounds) 31 missing in action 1,593 askaris killed in action 453 civilians killed (1 January 1935--31 May 1936) </P> Alberto Sbacchi 10,000 killed (est . May 1936) 44,000 wounded (est . May 1936) 9,555 killed (est. 1936--1940) 144,000 sick and wounded (est. 1936--1940) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <P> Official pro-Fascist Italian figures are around 3,000, which Alberto Sbacchi considers deflated . </P> Based on 1,911 killed in the first six months of 1940; Ministry of Africa figures for 6 May 1936 to 10 June 1940 state 8,284 men were killed, which Sbacchi considers "(f) airly accurate data ." </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Second Italo - Ethiopian War </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Part of the Interwar Period </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Italian artillery in Tembien, Ethiopia, in 1936 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Date </Th> <Td> 3 October 1935--May 1936 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Location </Th> <Td> Ethiopia </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Result </Th> <Td> Decisive Italian victory </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Territorial changes </Th> <Td> Annexation of Ethiopia by Italy Foundation of Italian East Africa </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Belligerents </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <P> Ethiopia </P> Material support: Germany </Td> <Td> <P> Italy </P> <Ul> <Li> Italian Eritrea </Li> <Li> Italian Somaliland </Li> <Li> Italian Libya </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Commanders and leaders </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Haile Selassie I Imru Haile Selassie Kassa Haile Darge Seyum Mangasha Mulugeta Yeggazu † Desta Damtew Nasibu Emmanual (WIA) </Td> <Td> Benito Mussolini Victor Emmanuel III Emilio De Bono Pietro Badoglio Rodolfo Graziani Hamid Idris Awate Olol Dinle </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Strength </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> c. 800,000 combatants (c. 330,000 mobilized) 13 aircraft 4 tanks and 7 armored cars </Td> <Td> Approx . 500,000 combatants (Approx . 100,000 mobilized) Approx. 595 aircraft Approx. 795 tanks </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Casualties and losses </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> c. 275,000 combatants killed c. 500,000 wounded Total: c. 775,000 combatants and civilians killed or wounded (250,000 mustard gas casualties) </Td> <Td> <P> Italian government statistics 1,148 killed (125 died of wounds) 31 missing in action 1,593 askaris killed in action 453 civilians killed (1 January 1935--31 May 1936) </P> Alberto Sbacchi 10,000 killed (est . May 1936) 44,000 wounded (est . May 1936) 9,555 killed (est. 1936--1940) 144,000 sick and wounded (est. 1936--1940) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <P> Official pro-Fascist Italian figures are around 3,000, which Alberto Sbacchi considers deflated . </P> Based on 1,911 killed in the first six months of 1940; Ministry of Africa figures for 6 May 1936 to 10 June 1940 state 8,284 men were killed, which Sbacchi considers "(f) airly accurate data ." </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Second Italo - Ethiopian War </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Part of the Interwar Period </Td> </Tr>

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