List of wars involving Ethiopia

This is a list of wars involving the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.

Part of a series on the
History of Ethiopia

Ethiopian Empire (1137–1975)
Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Results
Abyssinian–Adal War
(1529–1543)		 Ethiopia
Portugal		 Adal Sultanate
Mogadishu Sultanate
Ottoman Empire		 Victory
  • Adal Sultanat weakened by Ethiopian troops
Zemene Mesafint
(1769–1855)		 Various factions Various factions Reunification of Ethiopia
British Expedition to Abyssinia
(1867–1868)		 Ethiopia  United Kingdom Defeat
Ethiopian–Egyptian War
(1874–1876)		 Ethiopia  Egypt Victory
  • Egyptian invasion repelled.
Mahdist War
(1885–1889)
Ethiopia		 Mahdist Sudan Victory
  • Sudanese invasion of Ethiopia repelled.
Battle of Dogali (1887) Ethiopia  Italy Victory

Italian battalion ambushed on its way to reinforce Sahati

Battle of Adwa War (1896) Ethiopia  Italy Victory
  • Ensured Ethiopia's independence
  • Italian invasion repelled.
Somaliland Campaign
(1900–1920)
 Ethiopia		 Dervish State Victory
  • Collapse of the Dervish State.
East African Campaign

Second Italo-Ethiopian War
(1935–1943)
 Ethiopia		  Italy Victory
Korean War
(1950–1953)		  South Korea
  North Korea
 China
 Soviet Union		 Stalemate
Congo Crisis
(1960–1964)		 Congo-Léopoldville
  Katanga
 South Kasai		 Victory
Bale Revolt
(1963–1970)		  Ethiopia Oromo and Somali rebels Victory
  • Revolt crushed, peace agreement
1964 Ethiopian–Somali War
(1964)[1]		  Ethiopia Somalia Victory
  • Somali troops successfully overwhelmed.

Communist Ethiopia (1975–1991)
Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Results
Ogaden War
(1977–1978)		 Derg
 Cuba
 South Yemen
 Soviet Union		 Somalia
WSLF		 Victory
  • Somali retreat from Ogaden with assistance by cuban personnel.
Ethiopian Civil War
(1974–1991)		 Derg


EPRP
TPLF
MEISON
ANDM
EDUP
OLF
ONLF
WSLF
ALF
EPLF
Arab League		 Regime change
  • Fall of the Communist Mengistu government, installation of TPLF-led transitional government, to become EPRDF government.
  • Ethiopia became a landlocked country.
  • Independence of Eritrea from Ethiopia.

Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (from 1995)
Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Results
Insurgency in Ogaden
(1995–2008)		  Ethiopia ONLF Victory
  • Military defeat of ONLF forces.
Eritrean–Ethiopian War
(1998–2000)		  Ethiopia  Eritrea Victory
  • Ethiopia ceded the disputed territories including badme.
War in Somalia
(2006–2009)		  Ethiopia
TFG
AMISOM 		ICU
OLF
al-Shabaab		 Victory
  • Islamists withdrawal from Somalia.

Footnotes
  1. A part of the Shifta War; Somalia issued a medal for this Ethiopian-Somalian conflict.
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