Abyssinian Campaign

Abyssinian Campaign

Abyssinian Campaign can mean:
* 1868 Expedition to Abyssinia, a British punitive campaign against the Ethiopian Emperor Tewodros II.
* East African Campaign, battles fought between British Empire and Commonwealth forces and Italy in Italian East Africa during World War II, often seen as part of the North African Campaign
* Second Italo-Abyssinian War (also known as "Rape of Ethiopia" and "Italo-Ethiopian War"), a war of seven months in 1935-1936, often seen as one precursor to World War II


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