Battle of Culqualber

Battle of Culqualber
	Part of East African Campaign (World War II)
	; Makeshift armoured tractor used by Italian forces at Culqualber, nicknamed hedgehog
Date	6 August – 21 November 1941
Location	Culqualber Pass, Italian East Africa12°36′N 37°28′E
Result	Allied victory
Belligerents
United Kingdom Sudan; Gold Coast; Kenya; South Africa; Ethiopian Empire	Italy Italian East Africa;
Commanders and leaders
Colin Blackden	Augusto Ugolini (POW)
Strength
22,500 men; c. 100 aircraft	2,900 men; 2 aircraft
Casualties and losses
Unknown	1,003 killed (513 Italian and 490 Askari); 1,900 prisoners including 804 wounded (404 Italian and 400 Askari); about 100 civilian dead
	Culqualber/Kulkalber Culqualber, near Gondar, a town in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia

The Battle of Culqualber was fought near Culqualber Pass, Ethiopia, from 6 August to 21 November 1941, between Italian and colonial forces and British Commonwealth forces. Along with the Battle of Gondar, it marked the end of conventional warfare in the East Africa Campaign.

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