History's Great Military Blunders and the Lessons They Teach
Adwa: Italy's Fiasco in Ethiopia-1896
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S1 • E17 30mLearn how overconfidence, miscommunication, and miscalculation were all displayed by the Italians at Adwa in Ethiopia, resulting in one of the greatest victories of a native people over an imperial power during the colonization era-a rare indigenous civilization that succeeded in establishing itself as an independent modern nation.