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2 unusual facts about Amba Aradam


Prince Filiberto, Duke of Genoa

It was his division that raised the Italian flag over Amba Aradam.

Yeshashework Yilma

Princess Yeshashework's second husband, Bitwoded Makonnen Demissew, perished at Amba Aradam while fighting the Italian invasion of 1936.


1st Alpini Regiment

In 1935 the "Pieve di Teco" battalion was sent to fight in the Second Italo-Abyssinian War, where it distinguished itself during the battles of Amba Aradam, Amba Alagi, Worq Amba, Mai Ceu and Mekan Pass.


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