battle, interwar and Second World War

Battle of Anchem

Name: Battle of Anchem
Location: Debre Zebit, Ethiopia

Battle of Anchem was a battle fought in 1930 at Debre Zebit, in what is now Ethiopia. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Debre Zebit. The recorded result: Gugsa Welle defeated and King Tafari Makonnen proclaimed as Emperor Haile Selassie I.

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Fought1930

WhereDebre Zebit, Ethiopia11.817N, 38.583E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeGugsa Welle defeated and King Tafari Makonnen proclaimed as Emperor Haile Selassie I

BelligerentsPro-Empress Zewditu faction; Yejju (arrived late)againstPro-King Tafari Makonnen faction

Casualties and lossesEntire army disintegratedandUnknown

Record

Date	1930 (year precision)
Place	Debre Zebit, Ethiopia 11.817N, 38.583E
Kind	Battle, interwar and Second World War
Strength	Army of Begemder; 10,000; (down from a high of 35,000)	Army of the Center and about four provincial armies; 20,000; (of a total of 32,000)
Casualties and losses	Entire army disintegrated	Unknown
Commanders	Gugsa Welle	Tafari Makonnen Mulugeta Yeggazu

Placed at Debre Zebit; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Battle of Magdala 1868, 84 km SE
Battle of Gur Amba 1852, 146 km NW
Battle of Gondar 1941, 149 km NW
Battle of Culqualber 1941, 149 km NW
Battle of Amba Alagi 1895, 165 km NE

Elsewhere in 1930

First Encirclement Campaign against Jiangxi Soviet China
Battle of Shangcai China
Battle of Jinan People's Republic of China
Second Battle of Guilin People's Republic of China
Battle of Xuchang People's Republic of China

Battle of Anchem is one of 4,429 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 62 in present-day Ethiopia.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q4870300, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Anchem, revision 1370431985, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.