 {{infobox military conflict |conflict = second italo-ethiopian war |partof = the interwar period |image = 300px |caption = italian artillery in ethiopia in 1936. |date = 3 october 1935&nbsp;â may 1936 |place = ethiopia |territory = annexation of ethiopia by italy, foundation of italian east africa |result = decisive italian victory |combatant1 =  italy * italian eritrea * italian somaliland |combatant2 =  ethiopia |commander1 =  victor emmanuel iii  benito mussolini  emilio de bono  pietro badoglio  rodolfo graziani  hamid idris awate  sultan olol dinle | commander2 =  haile selassie i  imru haile selassie  kassa haile darge  seyum mangasha  mulugeta yeggazu  desta damtew  nasibu emmanual |strength1 = approx. 500,000 combatants (approx. 100,000 mobilized)approx. 595 aircraftapprox. 795 tanks |strength2 = approx. 800,000 combatants (~330,000 mobilized)approx. 3 aircraftapprox. 3 tanks |casualties1 = 10,000 killed1 (est. may 1936)alberto sbacchi, "the price of empire: towards an enumeration of italian casualties in ethiopia 1935â1940", in ed. harold g. marcus, ethiopianist notes, vol. ii, no. 2, p.37.44,000 wounded (est. may 1936)sbacchi, "the price of empire", p.36.9,555 killed2 (est. 1936â1940)sbacchi, the price of empire, p.43.144,000 sick and wounded (est. 1936â1940)sbacchi, the price of empire, p.38. total: ~20,000 killed and ~188,000 wounded or sick |casualties2 = approx. 275,000 combatants killed, 500,000 wounded approx. total: ~775,000 killed or wounded  |note
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