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Battle of Maychew
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<p>The Battle of Maychew was the last major battle fought on the northern front during the <a href="/facts/Second_Italo-Abyssinian_War/D1XDMLRT">Second Italo-Abyssinian War</a>. The battle consisted of a failed <a href="/facts/Counterattack/HzaEFB0U">counterattack</a> by the Ethiopian forces under <a href="/facts/Emperor_of_Ethiopia/XsQJYWGd">Emperor</a> <a href="/facts/Haile_Selassie_I_of_Ethiopia/zU5z6XG6">Haile Selassie</a> making <a href="/facts/Frontal_assault/4htqtULE">frontal assaults</a> against prepared <a href="/facts/Italian_Colonial_Empire/r4YACWVX">Italian</a> defensive positions under the command of <a href="/facts/Marshal/eDEwcQuz">Marshal</a> <a href="/facts/Pietro_Badoglio/9R0TvGun">Pietro Badoglio</a>. The battle was fought near <a href="/facts/Maychew/E24Tf6wQ">Maychew</a> (Mai Ceu), <a href="/facts/Ethiopian_Empire/tDLkYzkb">Ethiopia</a>, in the modern region of <a href="/facts/Tigray_Region/K4B5tRRy">Tigray</a>. </p>