Maychew, also Maichew (Tigrinya: ማይጨው, "salt water"), is a town and woreda in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia. It is located at 665 km north of Addis Ababa...
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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...
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Tahtay Maychew (Tigrinya: ታሕታይ ማይጨው, "Lower Salty Water") is a woreda in Tigray Region, Ethiopia. Part of the Mehakelegnaw (Central) Zone, Tahtay Maychew is...
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La'ilay Maychew (Tigrinya: ላዕላይ ማይጨው, transl. "Upper Salty Water") is a woreda in Tigray Region, Ethiopia. Part of the Maekelay Zone (central), La'ilay...
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Retreat to Lake Ashenge (section Background in Maychew)
carried out against the Imperial Army defeated in the previous Battle of Maychew. In this battle, the contribution of the Regia Aeronautica was decisive...
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Sheraro, Abiy Addi, Atsbi, Hawzen, Adi Gudom, Adi Shu, Chercher, Korem, Maychew, Alamata, Mekoni, Rama, May Tsebri, Addi Remets, Hagere Selam,Dowhan and...
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As a unit, the Imperial Bodyguard only participated in the Battle of Maychew (31 March 1936), where they inflicted heavy losses on the 2nd Eritrean...
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launched a counterattack against the Italians himself at the Battle of Maychew in southern Tigray. The Emperor's army was defeated and retreated in disarray...
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an elevation of 2,131 metres (6,991 feet) and is surrounded by La'ilay Maychew, a separately administered woreda of the Tigray region. In 1980, UNESCO...
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and two days later the Italians won a decisive victory in the Battle of Maychew, which nullified any possible organized resistance of the Ethiopians. Emperor...
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