- Source: List of conflicts in Ethiopia
This is a list of conflicts in Ethiopia arranged chronologically from medieval to modern times. This list includes both nationwide and international types of war, including (but not limited to) the following: wars of independence, liberation wars, colonial wars, undeclared wars, proxy wars, territorial disputes, and world wars. Also listed might be any battle that occurred within the territory of what is today known as the, "Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia" but was itself only part of an operation of a campaign of a theater of a war. There may also be periods of violent civil unrest listed, such as: riots, shootouts, spree killings, massacres, terrorist attacks, and civil wars. The list might also contain episodes of: human sacrifice, mass suicide, massacres, and genocides.
Medieval Times
= Axumite Empire
=circa 300 C.E. Ezana of Axum anecdotally said to have launched several military campaigns, destroying the Kingdom of Kush
525 Conquest of the Himyarite Kingdom by Axum.
570-578 Aksumite-Persian wars
Battle of Hadhramaut
Siege of Sanaa (570)
c. 900 The King of Aksum Degna Djan, both led military expeditions as far south as Ennarea, and commanded missionary activities in the highlands of Angot and the modern region of Amhara.
c. 960 Axumite Empire said to have been destroyed and defeated by Gudit of the Kingdom of Simien
= Ethiopian Empire
=c. 1285 The Conquest of Shewa by the Ifat Sultanate
1314–1344 Conquests of the Emperor Amda Seyon I
c. 1316 Early military actions
c. 1316 Emperor Amda Seyon I successfully campaigned against the Paganist of Damot and The Muslim Kingdom of Hadiya.
c. 1320 "Rebellion" of Haqq ad-Din I
c. 1329 Northern campaigns
c. 1332 Later campaigns
c. 1300s-1415 Second Abyssnian conquest of the Sultanate of Ifat
1445 Adal invasion of Ethiopia
Modern Times
= Ethiopian Empire
=1529–1543 Ethiopian-Adal War
March 1529 Battle of Shimbra Kure
1531 Battle of Antukyah
28 October 1531 Battle of Amba Sel
24 April 1541 Battle of Sahart
2 February 1542 Battle of Baçente
4 April 1542 – 16 April 1542 Battle of Jarte
August 1542 Battle of the Hill of the Jews
28 August 1542 Battle of Wofla
21 February 1543 Battle of Wayna Daga
1769–1855 Zemene Mesafint
1832–1848 Ottoman–Ethiopian border conflicts
December 1867 – May 1868 British Expedition to Abyssinia
1877 – 1904 Conquests of Menelik II
1875–1881 War with Ottoman Egypt
1885 War with Sudan
1881–1899 Mahdist War
14 October 1888 Battle of Guté Dili
1895–1896 First Italo-Ethiopia War
1 March 1896 Battle of Adwa
7 December 1895 Battle of Amba Alagi
13 January 1895 Battle of Coatit
3 October 1935 – May 1936 Second Italo-Abyssinian War
3 October 1935 – December 1935 De Bono's invasion of Abyssinia
15 December 1935 – 20 January 1936 Ethiopian Christmas Offensive
12 January 1936 – 20 January 1936 Battle of Genale Doria
20 January 1936 – 24 January 1936 First Battle of Tembien
1 February 1936 – 19 February 1936 Battle of Amba Aradam
27 February 1936 – 29 February 1936 Second Battle of Tembien
29 February 1936 – 2 March 1936 Battle of Shire
31 March 1936 Battle of Maychew
14 April 1936 – 25 April 1936 Battle of the Ogaden
26 April 1936 – 5 May 1936 March of the Iron Will
1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945 World War II
10 June 1940 – 2 May 1945 Mediterranean and Middle East theatre
10 June 1940 – 27 November 1941 East African Campaign
= Italian East Africa
=3 October 1935 – May 1936 Second Italo-Abyssinian War
3 October 1935 – December 1935 De Bono's invasion of Abyssinia
15 December 1935 – 20 January 1936 Ethiopian Christmas Offensive
12 January 1936 – 20 January 1936 Battle of Genale Doria
20 January 1936 – 24 January 1936 First Battle of Tembien
1 February 1936 – 19 February 1936 Battle of Amba Aradam
27 February 1936 – 29 February 1936 Second Battle of Tembien
29 February 1936 – 2 March 1936 Battle of Shire
31 March 1936 Battle of Maychew
14 April 1936 – 25 April 1936 Battle of the Ogaden
26 April 1936 – 5 May 1936 March of the Iron Will
1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945 World War II
10 June 1940 – 2 May 1945 Mediterranean and Middle East theatre
10 June 1940 – 27 November 1941 East African Campaign
= Federation of Ethiopia and Eritrea
=1 September 1961 – 29 May 1991 Eritrean War of Independence
= Ethiopian Empire
=12 September 1974 – 28 May 1991 Ethiopian Civil War
= Provisional Military Government of Socialist Ethiopia
=13 July 1977 – 15 March 1978 Ethio-Somali War
June 1982 – August 1982 Ethiopian–Somali Border War
= Transitional Government of Ethiopia
=1992 – Ongoing Oromo conflict
1995 – Ongoing Insurgency in Ogaden
= Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
=6 May 1998 – 25 May 2000 Eritrean–Ethiopian War
7 October 2002 – Ongoing Operation Enduring Freedom – Horn of Africa
3 November 2020 – 3 November 2022 Tigray War
References
See also
List of wars involving Ethiopia
Military history of Ethiopia
Ethiopian National Defense Force
Ethiopian Air Force
Military history of Africa
African military systems up until the year 1800
African military systems between the years 1800 and 1900
African military systems after the year 1900
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