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dbpedia:Battle_of_Maychew

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The Battle of Maychew (also known as the Battle of Mai Ceu) was the last major battle fought on the northern front during the Second Italo-Abyssinian 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 (Mai Ceu), Ethiopia, in the modern region of Tigray.

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Battle of Maychew

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400 Italians killed and wounded, 873 Eritreans killed and wounded

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dbpedia:Pietro_Badoglio dbpedia:Haile_Selassie

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1936-03-31Z

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dbpedia:Second_Italo-Ethiopian_War

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dbpedia:Maychew dbpedia:Tigray_Region dbpedia:Ethiopia

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Decisive tactical victoryfor the Italians, destruction of Haile Selassie's last army in the north

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40,000 (with another 40,000 in reserve) 31,000 (including six battalions of theImperial Guard)