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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Battle of Maychew (1936) canonical 1

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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) ⓘ