Armies of the adowa campaign an account of italian colonial defeat in ethiopia in 1896 is an excellent addition to the osprey library any english speaker with an interest in military history or modeling or miniatures knows the osprey canon. As far as im concerned its a pity that it was not published in the campaign series because i would have loved more maps of the battlefield italy was drawn into the red sea region through trading ties on the coast of eritrea and with a little encouragement of the british the italian government se armies of the adowa campaign gives an . Armies of the adowa campaign 1896 the italian disaster in ethiopia men at arms by mclachlan sean 2011 paperback books amazonca. Armies of the adowa campaign an account of italian colonial defeat in ethiopia in 1896 is an excellent addition to the osprey library any english speaker with an interest in military history or modeling or miniatures knows the osprey canon and knows that the quality of the various titles varies extensively. The war proved a disaster for the italians who suffered three major defeats against the forces of emperor meneliks army including a horrendous massacre at adowa the largest defeat of a colonial army prior to world war i this book looks at the campaign with an emphasis on the colourful uniforms worn by both sides