High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Battle of Genale Doria (also known as the Battle of Ganale Dorya or as the Battle of Genale Wenz) was a battle on the "southern front" fought during the Second Italo-Abyssinian War. The battle consisted almost entirely of air attacks by the Italian Royal Air Force (Regia Aeronautica) against an advancing and then withdrawing Ethiopian army under RasDesta Damtu. The battle was primarily "fought" in the area along the Genale Doria River valley between Dolo and Negele Boran.