Battle of Ganale Doria information

Battle of Genale Doria
Part of the Second Italo-Abyssinian War
Italian colonial troops in 1936
Date 12-20 January 1936 Location Valley of the Genale Doria River, Ethiopia Result Italian victory
Belligerents
Italy Italian Eritrea Italian Somaliland Italian Libya	Ethiopia
Commanders and leaders
Rodolfo Graziani Pietro Maletti Olol Diinle	Desta Damtew Beine Merid
Units involved
29th Infantry Division Libyan Division 6th CC.NN. Division	Army of Sidamo Army of Bale
Strength
20,000	24,000
Casualties and losses
900 killed or wounded[1]	1,000 killed or wounded[1]

The Battle of Ganale Doria (also known as the Battle of Genale Dorya or as the Battle of Genale Wenz^[2]) took place in 1936 during the Second Italo-Abyssinian War. It was fought on the "southern front". The battle consisted largely of air attacks by the Italian Royal Air Force (Regia Aeronautica), under the command of General Rodolfo Graziani, against an advancing and then withdrawing Ethiopian army under Ras^{[nb 1]} Desta Damtu. The battle was primarily fought in the area along the Genale Doria River valley between Dolo and Negele Boran.

Ras Damtew launched an Ethiopian offensive against the Italian forces in Italian Somaliland. However, Graziani carried out his active defense so vigorously that it became an offensive.^[3]

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