Battle of Ganale Doria

Battle of Genale Doria
	Part of the Second Italo-Abyssinian War
	; Italian colonial troops in 1936
Date	12-20 January 1936
Location	Valley of the Genale Doria River, Ethiopia
Result	Italian victory
Belligerents
Italy; Italian Eritrea; Italian Somaliland; Italian Libya;	Ethiopia
Commanders and leaders
Rodolfo Graziani; Pietro Maletti Olol Diinle	Desta Damtew; Beine Merid
Units involved
29th Infantry Division; Libyan Division; 6th CC.NN. Division	Army of Sidamo; Army of Bale
Strength
20,000	24,000
Casualties and losses
900 killed or wounded	1,000 killed or wounded

The Battle of Ganale Doria (also known as the Battle of Genale Dorya or as the Battle of Genale Wenz) took place in 1936 during the Second Italo-Abyssinian War. It was fought on the "southern front". The battle consisted largely of air attacks by the Italian Royal Air Force (Regia Aeronautica), under the command of General Rodolfo Graziani, against an advancing and then withdrawing Ethiopian army under Ras Desta Damtu. The battle was primarily fought in the area along the Genale Doria River valley between Dolo and Negele Boran.

Ras Damtew launched an Ethiopian offensive against the Italian forces in Italian Somaliland. However, Graziani carried out his active defense so vigorously that it became an offensive.

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