battle, interwar and Second World War

Battle of the Ogaden

Name: Battle of the Ogaden
Location: Ogaden, Ethiopia

Battle of the Ogaden was a battle fought in 1936 at Ogaden, in what is now Ethiopia. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Ogaden. It was part of Second Italo-Ethiopian War, which ran from 1935 to 1937. The recorded result: Italian victory.

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Fought1936

WhereOgaden, Ethiopia7.280N, 44.300E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeItalian victory

BelligerentsEthiopian EmpireagainstKingdom of Italy

Casualties and losses5,000 casualtiesand2,000 casualties

Part ofSecond Italo-Ethiopian War1935 to 1937

Where it sits in Second Italo-Ethiopian War

5 placed engagements of Second Italo-Ethiopian War in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date	1936 (year precision) to 1936
Place	Ogaden, Ethiopia 7.280N, 44.300E
Kind	Battle, interwar and Second World War
Strength	30,000Barker indicates 30,000. But, according to Baer, Nasibu had approximately 28,000 men.	38,000Barker indicates 38,000. But, according to Baer, Graziani had approximately 30,000 men.
Casualties and losses	5,000 casualties	2,000 casualties
Commanders	Nasibu Emmanual Mehmet Vehib Kaçı	Rodolfo Graziani Guglielmo Nasi Luigi Frusci

Placed at Ogaden; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Ual-Ual Incident 1934, same recorded site
British attack on Berbera 1827, 360 km N
Battle of Ecbatana 129 BC, 542 km SE
Battle of Das 1332, 561 km NW
Siege of Aden 1513, 617 km N

In the same war

Before: Battle of Maychew 1936
All 5 engagements of Second Italo-Ethiopian War

Elsewhere in 1936

Battle of the Ogaden is one of 2,997 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 56 in present-day Ethiopia.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q2890466, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of the Ogaden, revision 1370601751, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.