List of wars involving Ethiopia

This is a list of wars involving the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and its predecessor states.

Ethiopian Empire (1137–1975)
Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Results
Abyssinia–Ifat kingdom

(1376–1403)

 Ethiopia Sultanate of Ifat Victory
  • Ifat sultanete defeated
Abyssinian–Adal War
(1529–1543)		 Ethiopia
Portugal		 Adal Sultanate
Mogadishu Sultanate
Ottoman Empire		 Victory
  • Adal Sultanate weakened
Zemene Mesafint
(1769–1855)		 Various factions Various factions Reunification of Ethiopia
British Expedition to Abyssinia
(1867–1868)		 Ethiopia  United Kingdom Defeat
Ethiopian–Egyptian War
(1874–1876)		 Ethiopia  Egypt Victory
  • Egyptian defeated.
Mahdist War
(1885–1889)		 Ethiopia Mahdist Sudan Victory
  • Sudanese defeated
Italo-Ethiopian War of 1887–1889 Ethiopia  Italy Compromise
  • Treaty of Wuchale,establishment of Italian Eritrea
First Italo-Ethiopian War (1896) Ethiopian Empire  Italy Victory
  • Ensured Ethiopia's independence
  • Italian defeated.
Anglo-Somali War
(1900–1920)		 Ethiopia Dervish State Victory
  • Collapse of the Dervish State.
Second Italo-Ethiopian War
(1935–1936)		 Ethiopia  Italy Defeat
East African Campaign  United Kingdom
 Ethiopia
 Belgian Congo
 Free French		  Italy Victory
Korean War
(1950–1953)		  South Korea
  North Korea
 China
 Soviet Union		 Stalemate
Congo Crisis
(1960–1964)		 Congo-Léopoldville
  Katanga
 South Kasai		 Victory
Bale Revolt
(1963–1970)		  Ethiopia Oromo and Somali rebels Victory
  • Revolt crushed, peace agreement
1964 Ethiopian–Somali War
(1964)[1]		  Ethiopia Somalia Victory
  • The military of Somalia offensive repulsed.

Derg + People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (1975–1991)
Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Results
Ethio-Somali War
(1977–1978)		 Ethiopia
 Cuba
 South Yemen		 Somalia
WSLF		 Victory
  • Somali retreat from Ogaden with assistance by Cuban personnel
1982 Ethiopian–Somali Border War
(1982)		 Ethiopia
SSDF		 Somalia Victory
  • Ethiopian-SSDF withdrawal from Somalia, after USA military intervention.
Eritrean War of Independence
(1961–1991)		 Ethiopia EPLF
ELF		 Defeat
Ethiopian Civil War
(1974–1991)		 Ethiopia EPRP
EPLF
TPLF
MEISON
ANDM
EDUP
OLF
ONLF
WSLF
ALF		 Defeat
  • Fall of government, installation of new TPLF-led 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 Military victory/ Diplomatic defeat
  • Ethiopia ceded the disputed territories including badme.
War in Somalia
(2006–2009)		  Ethiopia
TFG
AMISOM 		ICU
OLF
al-Shabaab		 Status quo antem bellum
  • Islamists withdrawal from Somalia.
Tigray conflict
(Nov-2020–Dec-2020)		  Ethiopia TPLF Victory
  • The Ethiopian army had released thousands of soldiers taken by the TPLF.

Footnotes
  1. A part of the Shifta War; Somalia issued to win from Ethiopia badly.
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