The Battle of Adwa was the day Ethiopia defeated Italy’s colonial invasion and shocked Europe. This history documentary follows Emperor Menelik II, Empress Taytu, the Treaty of Wuchale, and the First Italo-Ethiopian War to reveal how an African empire defeated a European army in 1896 and preserved its independence.
Discover the strategy, weapons, leadership and battlefield decisions that made Adwa one of Africa’s greatest anti-colonial victories.
