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1928
August
02
The Italo-Ethiopian treaty
On 2 August 1928 Italy and Ethiopia signed a 20-year treaty of friendship and arbitration in Addis Ababa. Seven years later Mussolini invaded Ethiopia.
1934
December
05
The Walwal incident
On 5 December 1934 Ethiopian soldiers and Somalis in Italian service clashed at the Walwal wells in the Ogaden. Mussolini made it a pretext for war.
1936
May
05
The Italians take Addis Ababa
On 5 May 1936 Marshal Badoglio led his troops into Addis Ababa. Mussolini declared the war over, but Ethiopia never surrendered; resistance lasted until 1941.
1941
May
05
Haile Selassie returns to Addis Ababa
On 5 May 1941, five years to the day after the Italians marched in, Haile Selassie returned to Addis Ababa and urged Ethiopians not to take revenge on Italians.
November
27
The surrender at Gondar
On 27 November 1941 General Guglielmo Nasi surrendered Gondar to British troops and Ethiopian patriots, ending organised Italian resistance in East Africa.