List of wars involving Ethiopia

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Early history

Prehistory
Antiquity	to 1st century BC
Aksum	to 10th century AD

Middle Ages

Prehistory
Antiquity	to 1st century BC
Aksum	to 10th century AD
Zagwe dynasty	to 1268
Early Solomonic period	1270–1529

Early modern history

Ethiopian–Adal War	1527–1543
Great Oromo migration	1543 – 17th century
Habesh Eyalet	1557 – 17th century
Early Gondar period	1632–1769
Aussa Sultanate	1734–1974
Zemene Mesafint	1769–1855

Modern history

Unification	1855–1913
First Italo–Ethiopian War	1895–1896
Pre-Italian Modernization	1913–1936
Second Italo–Ethiopian War	1935–1936
Italian East Africa	1936–1941
East African Campaign	1941
Italian guerrilla war	1941–1943
Post-Italian Modernization	1941–1974
Federation with Eritrea	1952–1962
Eritrean Independence	1961–1991
Ethiopian Civil War	1974–1991

Recent history

Ethiopian general election	2005
Ogaden conflict	2007–2008
War in Somalia	2006–2009

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Ethiopian Empire (1137–1975)
Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Results
Abyssinian–Adal War (1529–1543)	Ethiopia	Adal Sultanate Ottoman Empire	Victory Adal Sultanate weakened.
Zemene Mesafint (1769–1855)	Various factions	Various factions	Reunification of Ethiopia Tewodros II became Emperor.
British Expedition to Abyssinia (1867–1868)	Ethiopia	United Kingdom	Defeat Tewodros II committed suicide.
Ethiopian–Egyptian War (1874–1876)	Ethiopia	Egypt	Victory Egyptian invasion repelled.
Mahdist War (1885–1889)	United Kingdom India Egypt Ethiopia	Mahdist Sudan	Victory Sudanese invasion of Ethiopia repelled.
Battle of Dogali (1887)	Ethiopia	Italy	Victory Italian garrison in Dogali destroyed.
First Italo-Ethiopian War (1895–1896)	Ethiopia	Italy	Victory Italian invasion repelled.
Somaliland Campaign (1900–1920)	United Kingdom Italy Ethiopia	Dervish State	Victory Collapse of the Dervish State.
Second Italo-Ethiopian War (1935–1936)	Ethiopia	Italy	Defeat Occupation of Ethiopia by Italy.
East African Campaign (1940–1943)	United Kingdom South Africa Gideon Force Belgium Free France	Italy	Victory Fall of Italian East Africa, Ethiopia regained its independence. Continued Italian resistance.
Korean War (1950–1953)	South Korea United Nations United States United Kingdom	North Korea China	Ceasefire The Korean Armistice Agreement Little territorial change at the 38th parallel border.
Congo Crisis (1960–1964)	Congo UNOC	Katanga South Kasai	Victory Katanga and South Kasai dissolved.
1964 Ethiopian–Somali Border War (1964)	Ethiopia	Somalia	Victory A part of the Shifta War. Ethiopia repelled somalian troops and shiftas. Somalia issued a medal for this Ethiopian-Somalian conflict, though they lost it.
Communist Ethiopia (1975–1991)
Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Results
Ethio-Somali War (1977–1978)	Derg Cuba South Yemen Soviet Union	Somalia WSLF	Victory Somali withdrawal from Ogaden. Somalia broke ties with the Soviet Union and the Second World.
1982 Ethiopian–Somali Border War (1982)	Derg SSDF	Somalia	Victory Ethiopian-SSDF withdrawal from Somalia.
Eritrean War of Independence (1961–1991)	Derg PDRE Cuba Soviet Union South Yemen	EPLF ELF	Defeat Independence of Eritrea from Ethiopia. Ethiopia became a landlocked country.
Ethiopian Civil War (1974–1991)	Derg PDRE Cuba	EPRP TPLF MEISON ANDM EDUP OLF ONLF WSLF ALF	Regime change Fall of the Communist Mengistu government, installation of TPLF-led transitional government, to become EPRDF government.
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 held all of the disputed territories.
Ethiopian Intervention in Somalia (2006–2009)	Ethiopia TFG Puntland	ICU OLF al-Shabaab	Victory Ethiopian troops withdraw from the country. Islamists re-take Mogadishu.
Kenyan Intervention in Somalia (2011–2012)	Kenya TFG Ethiopia	Al-Shabaab	Victory Coordinated forces capture numerous towns.

Lists of wars involving African countries

Sovereign states	Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros Democratic Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia Gabon The Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Rwanda São Tomé and Príncipe Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa South Sudan Sudan Swaziland Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe

States with limited recognition	Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Somaliland

Dependencies and other territories	Canary Islands / Ceuta / Melilla / Plazas de soberanía (Spain) Madeira (Portugal) Mayotte / Réunion (France) Saint Helena / Ascension Island / Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom)

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