query: winner battle of ganale doria
supports: The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the United Kingdom's aerial warfare force. Formed towards the end of the First World War on 1 April 1918, it is the oldest independent air force in the world. Following victory over the Central Powers in 1918 the RAF emerged as, at the time, the largest air force in the world. Since its formation, the RAF has taken a significant role in British military history, in particular, playing a large part in the Second World War where it fought its most famous campaign, the Battle of Britain. The Italian Royal Air Force (Regia Aeronautica Italiana) was the name of the air force of the Kingdom of Italy. It was established as a service independent of the Royal Italian Army from 1923 until 1946. In 1946, the monarchy was abolished and the Kingdom of Italy became the Italian Republic, whereupon the name of the air force changed to Aeronautica Militare Italiana. The Battle of Ganale Doria ( also known as the Battle of Genale 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 Ras Desta Damtu . The battle was primarily `` fought '' in the area along the Genale Doria River valley between Dolo and Negele Boran . Technically , Ras Desta Damtew launched an Ethiopian offensive against the Italian forces in Somaliland . However , General Rodolfo Graziani carried out his active defense so vigorously that it became an offensive . The Royal Italian Army (Italian: "Regio Esercito Italiano") was the army of the Kingdom of Italy from the unification of Italy in 1861 to the birth of the Italian Republic in 1946. In World War II the Royal Army fought first as part of the Axis (193943) and then as part of the Allies (194345). After the monarchy ended, the army changed its name to become the Italian Army ("Esercito Italiano"). The Kingdom of Italy was a state founded from 1861, when King Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia was proclaimed King of Italy, to 1946, when a constitutional referendum led civil discontent to abandon the monarchy and form the Italian Republic. The state was founded as a result of the unification of Italy under the influence of the Kingdom of Sardinia, which can be considered its legal predecessor state.
candidates: history kingdom of italy united kingdom
answer: kingdom of italy