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What factors led to the success of Menelik of Ethiopia against the Italians at the battle of Adowa

What factors led to the success of Menelik of Ethiopia against the Italians at the battle of Adowa

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samuel
i) Menelik had the support of the provincial rulers/kings

ii) He was to unite Ethiopians against the common enemy, the Italians

iii) Menelik had a large well-trained army with modern weapons which he had acquired from Europeans

iv) The Ethiopian soldiers knew the terrain of their country/applied guerilla warfare

v) Adequate food supply to sustain the prolonged war

vi) Menelik used diplomacy by playing off one European power against another to delay Italian attack

vii) The Ethiopians were anxious (Determined) to be independent of European control

viii) Italian soldiers were incompetent and ill-prepared/underrated Ethiopians military strength
lemass answered the question on April 22, 2019 at 09:57

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