Battle of Maychew

Battle of Maychew
Part of the Second Italo-Abyssinian War
Date31 March 1936
Location
Result

Italian victory

Belligerents

 Italy

 Ethiopia
Commanders and leaders
Fascist Italy Pietro Badoglio Ethiopian Empire Haile Selassie
Strength
40,000 (with another 40,000 in reserve)[1] 31,000 (including six battalions of the Imperial Guard)[1]
20 field guns
Casualties and losses
400 Italians killed & wounded
873 Eritreans killed & wounded[1]
Total:
1,273
1,000-8,000 killed[1]
Total:
11,000[2]

The Battle of Maychew (Italian: 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.

  1. ^ a b c d Barker 1971, 97.
  2. ^ Barker 1971, 105.