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Part One: The Italian Invasions of Ethiopia

Behind the Bastards

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The Battle of Atuwa - The First European Destroy

Mendalik's campaign against the italians covered more miles than napoleon's advance into russia. Minelik was not an idealist. He was a pragmatic emperor. This battle is celebrated by men like w e b de bois and benito silvain of haiti. Many ethiopians themselves didn't see themselves as part of a pan african resistance to western imperialism.

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