http://ethiopiamilitary.com Mon, 14 Jan 2008 08:22:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Battle of Adwa, Adwa also spelled ADOWA, Italian ADUA (March 1, 1896), military clash at Adwa, in north-central Ethiopia, between the Ethiopian army of King Menilek II and Italian forces. The decisive Ethiopian victory checked Italy's attempt to build an empire in Africa comparable to that of the French or ... http://ethiopiamilitary.com/first-italo-abyssinian-war-1895-1896/ The Eritrean-Ethiopian War was a border conflict that took place from May 1998 to June 2000. On May 8, a platoon of Eritreans soldier deployed into Badme region. Fighting escalated to artillery and tank fire leading to four weeks of intense fighting. Ground troops fought on three fronts. Eritrea claims Ethiopia launched ... http://ethiopiamilitary.com/ethio-eritrean-war/ On October 4, 1935 Fascist Italy invaded Ethiopia. Italian forces were able to defeat the Ethiopian forces in 8 months with superior manpower and advanced weaponry. In violation of International agreements, the Italians used poisonous gas in a number of battles. Second Italo-Abyssinian War and the Mukden Incident is often seen as ... http://ethiopiamilitary.com/second-italo-abyssinian-war-and-korean-war/ The modern ENDF has a wide mix of equipment. It does not produce its own weapons, so all arms must be imported. It has used its position to act as a reseller of arms to other African nations, such as Burundi and Somalia. Many of its major weapons systems stem from the ... http://ethiopiamilitary.com/the-ethiopian-national-defense%e2%80%99s-endf-equipment/ The Ethiopian military has made many reorganisations in its structure through out history. In this post we will give you the overview of this structural changes and related topics. Constituting about 97 percent of the uniformed services, the army is the backbone of the armed forces.   In early 1991, the army ... http://ethiopiamilitary.com/ethiopian-military/ The Ethiopian Civil War (1974-1991) began on September 12, 1974 when Derg staged a coup d'état against Emperor Haile Selassie, and lasted until the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), a coalition of rebel groups, overthrew the government in 1991. The revolutionaries put an end to the monarchy in March of ... http://ethiopiamilitary.com/ethiopian-civil-war/ After Communist North Korean forces invaded South Korea on June 25, 1950, the war raged up and down the peninsula several times as the United States, the United Nations (U.N.) and finally Communist China sent ground forces there. It was during this time that Ethiopia sent 1,271 - 3,518 troops as ... http://ethiopiamilitary.com/ethiopians-in-south-korean-war-2/ During the Communist-run governments of the Provisional Military Administrative Council (also known as the Derg, 1974–1977) and the dictatorial Mengistu (1977–1991), the Ethiopian navy grew under the influence of the Soviet Union. Training: Officer training - The 1984 class comprised 48 ensigns; typical of the size of classes in subsequent years. ... http://ethiopiamilitary.com/ethiopian-navy-in-the-communist-era/ After the end of World War II, Ethiopia was given control over Eritrea and its ports, allowing the creation an Ethiopian Navy. In 1958, the Ethiopian Navy became a separate branch of the armed forces. Haile Selassie I appointed Norwegian naval officers to help organize a coastal navy. Also, a number of ... http://ethiopiamilitary.com/the-ethiopian-navy-under-haile-selassie/ Colonel Mengistu Hailemariam (born 1937) was the most famous officer of the Derg, the military junta that governed Ethiopia from 1974 to 1987, and the president of the People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia. He oversaw the Ethiopian Red Terror of 1977-1978, a repression campaign against the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Party and ... http://ethiopiamilitary.com/colonel-mengistu-hailemariam-1974%e2%80%931991/ This blog is all about the brief biography of Emperor Haile Selassie I and the major events attached to his reign in Ethiopia. Haile Selassie was born Tafari Makonnen in Ethiopia in 1892. He married Wayzaro Menen in 1911, daughter of Emperor Menelik II. By becoming prince (Ras), Tafari became the focus ... http://ethiopiamilitary.com/his-imperial-majesty-haile-selassie-1892-1975/ Emperor Menelik II played a significant role in Ethiopian history. Here in this blog we don’t cover all the major events during his reign in detail but give you highlights of the major ones. Proclaimed to be a descendant of the legendary Queen of Sheba and King Solomon, Menelik II was ... http://ethiopiamilitary.com/menelik-ii-1844-1913/ Origins of the war: While the cause of the conflict was the desire of the Somali government of Siad Barre to incorporate the Somali-inhabited Ogaden region of Ethiopia into a Greater Somalia, it is unlikely Barre would have ordered the invasion if circumstances had not turned in his favor. Ethiopia had ... http://ethiopiamilitary.com/ethio-somalia-war/ History of Ethiopian involvement: The first incursion by Ethiopian troops after the fall of the central Somali government took place in August 1996. In March 1999, Ethiopian troops seemingly raided the Somali border town of Balanballe in pursuit of members of the Al-Ittihad Al-Islamiya group which has been combating to unite ... http://ethiopiamilitary.com/ethiopia-attacks-militant-islamist-group-in-somalia/