| Conflict: | Battle of Gogetti |
| Place: | Near Lake Shala, Ethiopia |
| Partof: | the Second Italo-Ethiopian War |
| Result: | Italian victory
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| Units1: | Remnants of the Ethiopian Sidamo and Bale armies |
| Units2: | Italian colonial troops |
| Date: | 19 February 1937 |
| Commander1: | Beyene Merid Gebre Mariam Desta Damtew |
| Commander2: | Rodolfo Graziani |
| Strength1: | >2000 men |
| Strength2: | Unknown |
The Battle of Gogetti was the final battle between Ethiopia and the Italy preluding the Second World War. This battle was fought against the surviving troops of the armies of Sidamo and Bale. The Ethiopian armies were encircled and destroyed by the Italian forces near Lake Shala. Ethiopian leaders Beiene Merid and Dejazmach Gabre Mariam were killed in battle. Ras Desta Damtew, although wounded, escaped the brutal fight, only to be hunted down and killed five days later.[1]
As retaliation for the attempted assassination of Rodolfo Graziani, Italian soldiers killed thousands of Ethiopian civilians.[2]