Second battle of Tembien

Second battle of Tembien
	Part of the Second Italo-Abyssinian War
	; Italian artillery in Tembien in 1936
Date	27–29 February 1936
Location	Tembien Province, Ethiopia
Result	Italian victory
Belligerents
Italy	Ethiopia
Commanders and leaders
Pietro Badoglio	Ras Kassa; Ras Seyoum
Strength
70,000; (Plus 50,000 in reserve)	40,000
Casualties and losses
600 casualties	8,000 casualties

The second battle of Tembien was fought on the northern front of the Second Italo-Ethiopian War. This battle consisted of attacks by Italian forces under Marshal Pietro Badoglio on Ethiopian forces under Ras Kassa Haile Darge and Ras Seyoum Mangasha. This battle, which resulted in a decisive defeat of Ethiopian forces, was primarily fought in the area around the Tembien Province. The battle is notable for the large-scale use of mustard gas by the Italians.