Battle of Shire

Name: Battle of Shire
Start: 1936-02-29
End: 1936-03-02

29 Feb 1936 – 2 Mar 1936 · 14.10° N, 38.28° E

Open on the map Wikipedia

Open on the map

What the records say

When: 29 Feb 1936 – 2 Mar 1936
Kind: Battle
Coordinates: 14.10° N, 38.28° E
Description: 1936 battle of the Second Italo-Abyssinian War

Placed at the area, not an exact site.

Battle of Shire (1936)

1936 battle of the Second Italo-Abyssinian War

The Battle of Shire was fought on the northern front of what was known as the Second Italo-Abyssinian War. This battle consisted of attacks and counterattacks by Italian forces under Marshal of Italy Pietro Badoglio and Ethiopian forces under Ras Imru Haile Selassie. This battle was primarily fought in the Shire area of Ethiopia.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA · Read the article

2 sources record it

Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “victoire italienne décisive sur l’Éthiopie à la bataille du Shiré”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Source page

Part of

Second Italo-Ethiopian War3 Oct 1935 · Interstate war · Deaths 400,000

What the records say

Battle of Shire (1936)

2 sources record it

Part of

Nearby in time and place