Ual-Ual Incident

For the wider crisis, see Abyssinia Crisis.
Ual-Ual Incident
Part of the Prelude to the Second Italo-Ethiopian War

The Italian fort of Ual-Ual
Date5 December 1934
Location
Ual-Ual, near the border between Italian Somalia and Ethiopia
7°17′N 44°18′E / 7.28°N 44.3°E / 7.28; 44.3
Result

Short agreement between Italy and Ethiopia under pressure from the League of Nations

Belligerents
 Italy  Ethiopia
Commanders and leaders
Roberto Cimmaruta
Gerardo Zaccardo		 Omar Samatar
Fitaurari Alemajo †
Strength
400 Dubats
2 armored cars and some airplanes		 1,200 men
Casualties and losses
30 killed 107 killed
40 wounded

The Ual-Ual Incident or Walwal Incident (in Italian: Incidente di Ual Ual; in Somali: Dhacdadii Walwaal; in Amharic: የወልወል ክስተት) was an armed conflict in which Ethiopian troops attacked the Italian garrison in Ual-Ual. On 5 December 1934, after a few weeks of tension between the garrison and Ethiopian armed men, a violent firefight began for the possession of the locality, which was located in a strip of disputed territory. According to the Ethiopians, Ual-Ual had been illegitimately occupied by the Italians since 1926 but, in this incident, Italian control over Ual-Ual was confirmed. The conflict ended with an agreement under the League of Nations but Fascist Propaganda made it a Casus belli for the War of Ethiopia.

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