Battle of Gondar

When

13 Nov 1941 – 27 Nov 1941

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

12.60° N, 37.47° E

Description

1941 battle in WWII

Battle in WWII

The Battle of Gondar or Capture of Gondar was the last stand of the Italian forces in Italian East Africa during the Second World War. The battle took place in November 1941, during the East African Campaign. Gondar was the main town of Amhara in the mountains north of Lake Tana in Ethiopia, at an elevation of 7,000 ft (2,100 m) and had an Italian garrison of 40,000 men, commanded by Generale Guglielmo Nasi.

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• Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “capitulation des troupes italiennes du général Guglielmo Nasi à Gondar”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “битва при Гондэре между итальянскими и британо-эфиопскими войсками”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page