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Battle of Harar
Part of Ogaden War
DateOctober 1977 – 27 January 1978
Location
Hararghe, Ethiopia
Result Ethiopian victory
Belligerents
Battle of Harar Ethiopia
Battle of Harar Cuba
Battle of Harar South Yemen
Somalia Somalia
Battle of Harar WSLF
Strength
Battle of Harar 30,000 soldiers[1]
Cuba 3,000 soldiers[2]
Somalia 20,000 soldiers[3]
Casualties and losses
3,000 casualties[4]
15 tanks captured
many APCs captured
28 artillery pieces captured[4]

The Battle of Harar was a battle of the Ogaden War. The battle took place from October 1977 until January 1978, and was fought near Harar, Ethiopia.[5] The Cuban soldiers took part supporting the Ethiopian army, during the battle they engaged the attackers in vicious fighting.[6]

  1. ^ Tareke, Gebru (2000). "The Ethiopia-Somalia War of 1977 Revisited" (PDF). International Journal of African Historical Studies. 33 (3): 635–667. doi:10.2307/3097438. JSTOR 3097438. S2CID 159829531.
  2. ^ Tareke, Gebru (2000). "The Ethiopia-Somalia War of 1977 Revisited" (PDF). International Journal of African Historical Studies. 33 (3): 635–667. doi:10.2307/3097438. JSTOR 3097438. S2CID 159829531.
  3. ^ Tareke, Gebru (2000). "The Ethiopia-Somalia War of 1977 Revisited" (PDF). International Journal of African Historical Studies. 33 (3): 635–667. doi:10.2307/3097438. JSTOR 3097438. S2CID 159829531.
  4. ^ a b Tareke, Gebru (5 November 2013). "The Ethiopia-Somalia War of 1977 Revisited". The International Journal of African Historical Studies Vol. 33 No. 3 (2000) pp. 657.
  5. ^ Jesse, Neal G.; Dreyer, John R. (2016-06-16). Small States in the International System: At Peace and at War. Lexington Books. pp. 148–149. ISBN 9781498509701.
  6. ^ Clodfelter 2017, p. 557.

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