74.5 Battle of Adowa 1896, Italian Invasion of Ethiopia

A History of Europe, Key Battles

Carl Rylett

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🗓️ 10 March 2023

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Following their countries independence in the mid 19th century, the Italians hoped to establish their status among the Great European Powers by acquiring colonial possessions. Their first main attempt was an unsuccessful invasion of Ethiopia, with a defeat at the Battle of Adowa in 1896

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0:40.3	The Hello and welcome to a History of Europe Key Battles podcast.
1:03.0	This is the fifth part on a series on the First World War and its origins.
1:09.0	It's about the Italian-Turkish War of 1911 to 1911, an army of Italian marines landed in Tripoli in Libya on the northern coast of Africa.
1:52.0	For months the Italian national press had been lobbying for the invasion of Libya.
1:58.0	The country was described as rich in minerals, well-watered and defended by only
2:02.3	4,000 Ottoman troops. The local Muslim population were thought to be hostile to the ruling
2:08.9	Ottoman Empire and were ready to welcome the Italians with open arms. Events, however,
2:15.2	turned out very differently. This is the story of the Italian invasion of Libya, a precursor to the First World War.
2:27.5	Earlier podcast episodes have described the wars of Italian unification and the consequent surge in nationalism.
2:35.0	Most of the Italian peninsula was unified in 1860, with a notable exception of the region of Venetia and the city of Rome.
2:45.0	The former was incorporated into the Kingdom of Italy in 1869, when the Prussians of Otto von Bismarck
2:53.1	inflicted a heavy military defeat over the Austrians at the Battle of Kunigratz and so forced
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