Battle of Maychew

When

31 Mar 1936

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

12.78° N, 39.53° E

Description

1936 battle

Placed at the area, not an exact site.

1936 battle of the Second Italo-Ethiopian War

The Battle of Maychew was the last major battle fought on the northern front during the Second Italo-Ethiopian War. The battle consisted of a failed counterattack by the Ethiopian forces under Emperor Haile Selassie making frontal assaults against prepared Italian defensive positions under the command of Marshal Pietro Badoglio. The battle was fought near Maychew, Ethiopia, in the modern region of Tigray.

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• Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Die Schlacht von Mai Ceu, in der die Italiener Kriegsverbrechen durch den massiven Abwurf von Senfgas (Lost) begehen”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “victoire italienne sur l’Éthiopie à la bataille de Mai Ceu”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

• Second Italo-Ethiopian War3 Oct 1935 · Interstate war · Deaths 400,000