Battle of Maychew (1936)

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The Battle of Maychew (1936) was a major clash of the Second Italo-Ethiopian War in which Emperor Haile Selassie’s forces made a final, unsuccessful stand against the invading Italian army, leading to the collapse of organized Ethiopian resistance.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle
military engagement
afterEvent Haile Selassie went into exile
alsoKnownAs Battle of Mai Ceu
Battle of Mai Cew
linked to: Battle of Mai Ceu
belligerent Ethiopian Empire
Italian East Africa (Italian forces in East Africa)
Kingdom of Italy
commandedBy Haile Selassie
linked to: Haile Selassie I

Pietro Badoglio
conflictIn Second Italo-Ethiopian War
followedBy Italian advance on Addis Ababa
hasCasualtiesSide heavy Ethiopian casualties
lighter Italian casualties
hasCategory 1936 in Ethiopia
Battles involving Ethiopia
Battles involving Italy
Second Italo-Ethiopian War battles
hasContext Italian campaign to conquer Ethiopia
League of Nations failure to stop Italian aggression
hasDate 1936-03-31
hasFront Northern Front of the Second Italo-Ethiopian War
hasMonth March
hasOpposingForceStrength larger but poorly equipped Ethiopian forces
numerically inferior but better-equipped Italian forces
hasSignificance marked the effective end of Ethiopian field resistance
paved the way for Italian occupation of Addis Ababa
hasTerrain rugged highland terrain
hasTypeOfWarfare conventional land battle
hasYear 1936
involves Eritrean askari
Ethiopian Imperial Guard
Italian colonial troops
involvesUseOf Italian air power
modern Italian artillery
isFinalMajorBattleOf Second Italo-Ethiopian War
isTurningPointOf Italian conquest of Ethiopia
outcome collapse of organized Ethiopian resistance
partOf Second Italo-Ethiopian War
precededBy Battle of Amba Aradam
Battle of Shire
result Italian victory
tookPlaceIn Ethiopia
tookPlaceInRegion Tigray Region
linked to: Tigray region
tookPlaceNear Maychew

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Imperial Ethiopian Army notableBattle Battle of Maychew (1936)