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Second Italo-Abyssinian War: The Italian Air Force destroyed a Swedish Red Cross field hospital in Dolo, Ethiopia, in retaliation for the earlier execution of an Italian prisoner of war.
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Second Italo-Ethiopian War
1935–1937 war between Italy and Ethiopia
The Second Italo-Ethiopian War, also referred to as the Second Italo-Abyssinian War, was a war of aggression waged by Italy against Ethiopia, which lasted from October 1935 to February 1937. In Ethiopia it is often referred to simply as the Italian Invasion, and in Italy as the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Italian Air Force
Air warfare branch of Italy's armed forces
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Dolo hospital airstrike
1935 Italian bombing of a hospital in Dolo, Ethiopia during the Second Italo-Ethiopian War
On 30 December 1935, a Swedish Red Cross field hospital was destroyed in an airstrike by the Regia Aeronautica in Dolo, Ethiopia, killing between 22 and 30 people, mostly Ethiopians. The attack was reportedly part of an Italian reprisal for the earlier execution of an Italian…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Swedish Red Cross
Swedish organization and member of International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
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Dolo, Ethiopia
Place in Somali, Ethiopia
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