WIRE ELECTRICAL DISCHARGE MACHINE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING WIRE ELECTRICAL DISCHARGE MACHINE

A wire electrical discharge machine (10) includes a wire feeding hole position acquisition unit (36) configured to obtain a position (Ph) of a wire feeding hole (30) that allows for insertion and feeding of a wire electrode (12). In this wire electrical discharge machine, when the position (Ph) of the wire feeding hole (30) obtained by the wire feeding hole position acquisition unit (36) is deviated from a wire feeding position (Pca) defined by a machining program, a wire feeding control unit (38) controls a machine main body (31) to move the wire electrode (12) to the position (Ph) of the wire feeding hole (30) and feed the wire electrode (12) there, and a machining control unit (40) controls the machine main body (31) to perform electrical discharge machining on a workpiece (14) with the wire electrode (12) while moving the wire electrode (12) on a path segment between a position (Pcb) where the wire electrode (12) has been fed and the wire feeding position (Pca) defined by the machining program.